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May 16, 2019
Joe Biden Takes The Lead

By:  Paul Steinhauser –foxnews.com – May 15, 2019 A new survey shows former Vice President Joe Biden opening up a large lead over President Donald Trump in a hypothetical 2020 general election matchup in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania. The Quinnipiac University poll, released on Wednesday, is the latest national or state survey to give Biden a clear lead over the rest…

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May 16, 2019
Nonemergency Staff Ordered to Leave Iraq

By: Kim Hjelmgaard – usatoday.com – May 15, 2019 The U.S. military put its forces in Iraq on high alert, and the State Department ordered all nonemergency employees Wednesday to leave the country immediately amid escalating tensions with Iran. Some U.S. allies have expressed skepticism about the Trump administration’s claims that Iran poses a growing threat. Navy Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman at the U.S. military’s Central Command, said…

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May 16, 2019

By: Ross Ramsey – texastribune.org – May 13, 2019 Some of the central issues are momentous, but the 86th Texas Legislature has managed — so far — not to lose its temper. That’s out of the ordinary, but for a group of politicians who don’t want to be compared to their federal counterparts, it counts as a kind of success. The 86th…

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May 16, 2019
AL GOP Chair Celebrates Heartbeat Bill Becoming Law

By: Sean Ross – yellowhammernews.com – May 16, 2019 Another prominent Republican woman is emphasizing her support for HB 314, the bill sponsored by State Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur) that is aimed at getting the U.S. Supreme Court to re-examine Roe v. Wade on the basis of personhood. The bill was signed into law by Governor Kay Ivey (R-AL) on Wednesday….

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May 16, 2019
Alabama Abortion Bill Now Law

By: Caroline Kelly – cnn.com – May 16, 2019 Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday signed into law a controversial abortion bill that could punish doctors who perform abortions with life in prison. “Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, a bill that was approved by overwhelming majorities in both chambers of the Legislature,” said Ivey, a Republican,…

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May 16, 2019
China: Most Dangerous Threat

By: Jacqueline Thomsen – thehill.com – January 29, 2019 U.S. intelligence leaders said Tuesday they believe China currently poses the most dangerous and complex counterintelligence threat to the nation. “As I look at the landscape today and over the course of my career … the Chinese counterintelligence threat is more deep, more diverse, more vexing, more challenging, more comprehensive and…

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May 16, 2019
Chinese Military

By: James Stavridis – bloomberg.com – February 21, 2019 A Defense Department report warns that China’s military buildup is reaching the point where it can attempt to “impose its will on the region and beyond.” Visiting recently with senior officials from two U.S. allies in the region, Japan and Singapore, gave me a visceral feeling of how things look on the ground…

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May 16, 2019
Trade War and Stock Market

By: Jeff Cox – cnbc.com – May 14, 2019 The threat of the U.S.-China trade war escalating into something beyond nasty rhetoric and modestly effective tariffs for the most part has been dismissed by market participants and economists. But the idea that the dispute could turn into something more is starting to become reality. Tuesday’s relief rally on Wall Street notwithstanding,…

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May 16, 2019
China Talks in New Phase

By: Lingling Wei in Beijing & Bob Davis – wsj.com – May 9, 2019 The new hard line taken by China in trade talks—surprising the White House and threatening to derail negotiations—came after Beijing interpreted recent statements and actions by President Trump as a sign the U.S. was ready to make concessions, said people familiar with the thinking of the Chinese side. High-level negotiations…

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May 15, 2019
Congressional Oath and Democrats

By: Jeremy Dys – dailywire.com – May 13, 2019 One need not reach deep into the far reaches of political history to recall the controversy that erupted during the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC). There, delegates first voted to remove “God” from their platform and then, responding to voter outrage, quickly reversed themselves. Perhaps another vote is necessary, but this time…

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May 15, 2019
Border Wall

By: David Rubin – insider.foxnews.com – December 12, 2018 David Rubin, the former mayor of Shiloh, Israel, explained on Wednesday how building a border wall between Israel and Egypt was completely effective in prohibiting illegal immigration. Rubin said that the amount of rapes and murders in southern Tel Aviv “skyrocketed” between 2010 and 2012, when around 55,000 illegal immigrants entered…

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