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Sep 18 2019
News
Trump administration to revoke California’s power to set stricter auto emissions standards
The Trump administration plans this week to revoke California’s long-standing right to set stricter air pollution standards for cars and light trucks, the latest step in a broad campaign to undermine Obama-era policies aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change, two senior administration officials said.
The move threatens to set in motion a massive legal battle
Washington Post
Dec 27 2019
News
The internet made trans people visible. It also left them more vulnerable.
This decade has been a double-edged sword for trans people.
In 2010, the US had its first Black president, Facebook hadn’t yet gone public, and people still thought I was a man.
The way I experienced these past 10 years as a trans woman almost mirrors the status of the trans community at large. I entered the decade ostensibly as a happily married man, trying to build my life and
Vox
Sep 18 2019
Opinion
These Are Human Beings
The thousands of aborted fetuses found on the property of abortionist Ulrich Klopfer force us to admit reality.
Abortion intentionally ends the lives of human beings. We were reminded of this in a particularly grisly way over the weekend, when 2,246 remains of aborted fetuses were discovered inside the home of former abortionist Ulrich George Klopfer. His family discovered the medically
Guest Writer - Right
Apr 18 2024
Headline Roundup
Trump Hush Money Trial Juror Excused
On Thursday, a juror was excused from the former President Donald Trump's hush money trail in New York after she expressed concerns that her identity would be revealed publicly. Her concerns arose after some of her family, friends, and colleagues said that she had been identified as a potential juror.
Key Details: Seven jurors had been selected earlier this week, but the panel has now
CBS News (Online)
Washington Examiner
May 01 2019
News
Attorney General Barr defends clearing Trump on obstruction of justice
Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report at a tense Senate hearing, explaining in detail his contacts with Mueller, who had objected to his description of the report's findings on obstruction.
In sworn testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Barr said he wanted to release the report’s bottom-line conclusions as
Reuters
Jul 22 2015
News
Sandra Bland: What we know about her mysterious death in a jail cell
Why would a woman with a promising new job commit suicide after she was arrested over an argument for a minor traffic violation? That's the question on friends and families' minds after police said Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman, killed herself in a Texas jail cell on July 13.
The mysterious death came after police pulled over Bland for failing to signal when changing lanes and
Vox
Dec 24 2019
News
AOC, campaigning for Bernie Sanders, says it would 'be an honor' to be VP
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., said it would "be an honor to be vice president” in a recent Spanish-language interview Sunday before headlining a Las Vegas campaign event for Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The 30-year-old freshman congresswoman quickly pointed out that she falls five years short of the constitutional age limit to be vice president. The vice president – and president –
Fox News Digital
Jul 18 2013
News
Obama Touts Benefits of Health Law
President Barack Obama touted the benefits of the Affordable Care Act Thursday to a skeptical public as part of an effort to build support for the health law in the face of continued Republican efforts to block it.
Speaking at the White House, Mr. Obama said people across the country have gotten rebates from their health-insurance companies that they can use to pay other bills and
Wall Street Journal (News)
Nov 06 2019
News
The Kentucky Governor’s Race Is a Warning to Republicans
The Republican incumbent couldn’t overcome the unpopularity of the party’s agenda. That doesn’t bode well for the GOP in 2020.
Donald Trump wants his party to believe that he was the hero of the campaign in Kentucky, who almost—but not quite—rescued a deeply unpopular governor from defeat.
But to understand why November 2019 is so ominous for Republicans, you need to understand
The Atlantic
Feb 22 2024
Headline Roundup
Arizona Prosecutor Refuses to Extradite Man Accused of Murder in New York
An Arizona state prosecutor refused to extradite a man accused of murdering a woman in New York, blaming Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s “treatment of violent criminals.”
The Details: Raad Almansoori is charged with the murder of Denisse Oleas-Arancibia in a Manhattan hotel room. He was arrested in Arizona for two separate stabbings on Feb. 18, after which he confessed to the
Daily Beast
Forbes
Washington Examiner