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Jun 30 2021
Headline Roundup
US House Creates Jan. 6 Committee
The U.S. House voted Wednesday to create a select committee to investigate the origins of the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. The House voted 222-190, almost entirely along party lines; Republican representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were the only two GOP members to vote in favor. In May, 35 House Republicans joined Democrats in support of creating an independent commission with bipartisan
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Washington Post 
Fox News Digital 
Mar 08 2024
Headline Roundup
TikTok Asks Users to Oppose ‘Ban,’ Emboldening Congress Ahead of Vote
TikTok sent a push notification on Wednesday prompting users to call their representatives to “stop a TikTok shutdown.” Inundated with calls, a House committee unanimously backed a proposal that could ban the app, setting up a floor vote as early as next week.
Key Quotes: TikTok’s message read: “Congress is planning a total ban of TikTok. Speak up now—before your government strips 170
Fortune
Axios
Cato Institute 
May 17 2015
News
Utah woman still missing 1 month after disappearance
A month after Elizabeth Elena Laguna-Salgado disappeared while walking from school in downtown Provo to her apartment, her family is getting increasingly desperate to find the young woman.
So far, no trace of the 26-year-old has turned up despite searches by police and scores of volunteers, an offer of a $15,000 reward and pleas for information from Laguna-Salgado's loved ones and
Dec 16 2014
News
Jeb Bush to ‘Actively Explore’ Run for President
Jeb Bush will “actively explore the possibility of running for president” in 2016, according to an announcement the former Florida governor posted to his Facebook page Tuesday morning.
Mr. Bush, whose father and brother served as president, is the first Republican to formally explore a 2016 candidacy. More than a dozen others are publicly weighing whether to seek the White House.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Dec 14 2014
News
The Candidate Hundreds of Former Obama Staffers Are Backing for President in an Open Letter — and It’s Not Hillary
More than 300 former campaign employees of President Barack Obama expressed their support in an open letter for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for president in 2016.
“We believed in an unlikely candidate who no one thought had a chance,” said the letter, first reported by the New York Times. “Rising income inequality is the challenge of our times, and we want someone who will stand up
The Blaze
Nov 09 2016
News
Clinton publicly concedes, says she hopes Trump will be 'successful president'
Hillary Clinton, hopeful Tuesday that she was poised to shatter the nation's "highest and hardest glass ceiling," instead Wednesday publicly conceded the presidential race to Donald Trump, saying the nation owed "him an open mind and the chance to lead."
“I hope that he will be a successful president for all Americans," Clinton told supporters, including her staff, as she tried to
USA TODAY
Dec 06 2019
News
Food Stamps
On Thursday, the Department of Agriculture issued a final rule restricting the ability of states to apply for waivers of the work requirements for SNAP (food stamps). Current law prevents able-bodied adults without dependents from receiving food stamps for more than a few months, but states can apply for waivers in places with relatively high unemployment. The Department estimates that 688,000
The Flip Side
May 28 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias and The Lab Leak Theory: A Comprehensive Look
This week, the media sphere has been abuzz with news stories highlighting how the theory that COVID-19 emerged from a Chinese laboratory is now plausible — and as a result, many have pointed out apparent media bias.
Many journalists who had previously run headlines painting such an inquiry as a “conspiracy theory” or “debunked” now appeared to be changing their tune, treating the lab
Julie Mastrine
Oct 17 2019
News
US Rep. Elijah Cummings of Baltimore Has Died
Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings died early Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to complications from longstanding health challenges, his congressional office said. He was 68.
A sharecropper's son, Cummings became the powerful chairman of a U.S. House committee that investigated President Donald Trump, and was a formidable orator who passionately advocated for the poor in his black-
Newsmax (News)
Apr 28 2015
News
Obama On Baltimore: 'This Is Not New'
President Barack Obama on Tuesday addressed the eruption of protests and riots in Baltimore following the death of Freddie Gray, condemning the violent demonstrations while acknowledging that the underlying problems plaguing the city are "not new" and will require national "soul-searching" to solve.
During a press conference with Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, Obama was asked by
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