Tag: Policies & Impacts

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Dispute Over Trump’s Former DC Hotel

May 15, 2023
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The Supreme Court decided on May 15 to take up a long-running dispute between former President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over the former Trump International Hotel in the nation’s capital. The case goes back to 2017, when Trump had just become president, and Republicans controlled both houses of Congress. At that time, several Democrats…

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Planned Parenthood Chief Wants More Justices in Supreme Court

May 15, 2023
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Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson wants the number of justices in the Supreme Court to expand, a proposal some experts believe will compromise trust in the judiciary. “We need to see expanded courts from the lower courts all the way up to the Supreme Court. We need to see term limits,” Johnson said in…

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LIVE NOW Q&A: New Twitter CEO’s Background Is Causing Major Controversy

May 15, 2023
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Join us for this recap and live Q&A with Joshua Philipp on the previous episode of Crossroads Tonight! – Twitter users are mourning the death of the platform: The hashtag #RipTwitter was trending this afternoon. And the feed was filled with posts and videos about Elon Musk’s newly appointed CEO, Linda Yaccarino. Yaccarino was the…

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Live Q&A: New Twitter CEO’s Background Is Causing Major Controversy

May 15, 2023
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Join us for this recap and live Q&A with Joshua Philipp on the previous episode of Crossroads Tonight! – Twitter users are mourning the death of the platform: The hashtag #RipTwitter was trending this afternoon. And the feed was filled with posts and videos about Elon Musk’s newly appointed CEO, Linda Yaccarino. Yaccarino was the…

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LIVE 10AM ET Q&A: New Twitter CEO’s Background Is Causing Major Controversy

May 15, 2023
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Join us for this recap and live Q&A with Joshua Philipp on the previous episode of Crossroads Tonight! – Twitter users are mourning the death of the platform: The hashtag #RipTwitter was trending this afternoon. And the feed was filled with posts and videos about Elon Musk’s newly appointed CEO, Linda Yaccarino. Yaccarino was the…

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America’s Powerful Intellectual Class Finds ‘Joy in Making Us Obey and Be Compliant,’ Warns Scholar

May 15, 2023
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America’s intellectual class has been given so much power by the public that their misuse of such power is threatening the fundamental freedom of speech in the country, says scholar and author Tom Harrington. “It’s absolutely remarkable how easily we’ve gone from free speech to asking, ‘How can I make my way around the censorship that’s…

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Biden Administration and GOP Lawmakers Trade Jabs Over Impending Debt Ceiling Deadline

May 15, 2023
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As the United States hurtles yet again toward a deadline by which either its debt ceiling is raised or it defaults on its financial obligations, Biden administration officials and Congressional lawmakers took to the Sunday talk shows on May 14 to voice their positions and sway public opinion. It’s a financial game of chicken, with…

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Mayorkas Defends Administration’s Preparations for End of Title 42 as GOP Pins Blame

May 14, 2023
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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on May 14 said that the flood of illegal immigrants anticipated following the expiration of Title 42 on Thursday has not happened, and that the Biden administration has designed and put in place historic and effective immigration regulations.   However, in the two days prior to Title 42 ending, U.S. border…

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US ‘Has to Default’ on Something If Debt Ceiling Isn’t Raised Before Deadline: Yellen

May 14, 2023
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The U.S. government will have to default on some payments if Congress fails to raise the national debt ceiling before June, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said. “If Congress fails to do that, it really impairs our credit rating. We have to default on some obligation, whether it’s Treasuries or payments to Social Security recipients,” Yellen…

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Biden DOJ Asks Supreme Court to Dismiss Major GOP Election Lawsuit

May 14, 2023
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The Biden administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss a high-profile case in which Republicans want the court to recognize state legislatures’ power to regulate federal elections without interference from state courts, which they say the U.S. Constitution requires. At issue is the once-obscure independent state legislature doctrine, under which Republicans argue that the…

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