The Expense of Infrastructure in the US
For all the attention paid to the question of whether it’s wise for California to spend $68 billion on a high speed rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a bigger question is being ignored....
View ArticleWisconsin Collective Bargaining Law Overturned... For Now
A county court judge in Madison, Wisconsin threw out much of Act 10, Wisconsin’s controversial collective bargaining law yesterday. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel explains the ruling:The law remains...
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US Unveils New Rules to Govern Fracking on Federal Lands
Announcement will affect more than 100,000 oil and gas wells on federal lands.The first major federal regulations on hydraulic fracking were released on Friday by the US Department of Interior.The...
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Baltimore Brings In National Guard After Clashes Between Protestors and Police
At least 27 people were arrested after intense rioting broke out following the funeral service for Freddie Gray.Troops from the US national guard began rolling into Baltimore in armored vehicles after...
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'Grassroots Movement Working': Bernie Sanders Gains on the Clinton Machine
The Vermont senator is winning over progressive voters and has raised millions in small donations.What began as a progressive pipe dream – that a rabble-rousing senator from the nation’s second least...
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Donald Trump Banned From Major Event Over Menstruation Jibe at Megyn Kelly
A conservative activist says mogul went "too far" in discussing Fox News moderator’s tough questioning.Donald Trump has been officially banned from one of the biggest gatherings of conservative...
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Donald Trump and the 'War on Women': GOP Confident Mogul Will Lose the Battle
With Democrats focused on remarks about Fox anchor Megyn Kelly, Republican candidates, strategists and voters play down poll leader’s impact and chances.It has been a dizzying few days for Donald...
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There's Never Been a Presidential Candidate Like Donald Trump in American...
A fabulously wealthy reality television host with a belligerent social media presence is something entirely new.Is there any candidate in American history like Donald Trump?The real estate mogul’s...
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The 2016 Presidential Election Is Getting Pretty Surreal
This was the weekend the primary election went full weird.The 2016 presidential election is shaping up to be the most surreal political contest in modern American history. The Democratic frontrunner is...
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WATCH: Donald Trump Booed by Conservative Crowd for First Time in His Campaign
The audience reacted negatively to Republican frontrunner calling Marco Rubio ‘a clown’, but Trump insisted to reporters ‘those weren’t boos, those were cheers’.For the first time since running for...
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Trump Calls Mass Shooters 'Geniuses in a Certain Way'
Comments come days after nine killed at Oregon community college.Three days after a gunman killed nine people at an Oregon community college and then shot himself dead, the Republican presidential...
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'The Goal Is to Be the Winner': Donald Trump's Campaign Is for Real
It appears the Republican’s campaign is anything but a sideshowDonald Trump is quietly transforming his made-for-TV rallies across the US into a disruptive coalition of actual voters that could sustain...
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Sanders Blasts Clinton's Record, Pledges "I Will Govern Based on Principle...
Bernie Sanders energized supporters after strongest critique of Hillary Clinton.The Democratic presidential primary truly began on Saturday night. The vanity candidates had dropped out and the three...
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Can Anyone Stop Donald Trump?
For months, Trump has defied the laws of political gravity by maintaining his lead despite a never-ending string of controversies.triding on stage to the triumphant strains of Nessun Dorma, Donald...
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Republicans Line Up to Crush Gun Control Efforts in Wake of San Bernardino
All four GOP senators running for president vote against extending FBI checks to every firearm sold and banning sale to individuals on terror watchlists. A day after 14 people were killed in the mass...
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Who – If Anybody – Is Advising Donald Trump?
The GOP frontrunner’s statements appear to be drafted on the fly and while several figures play key roles the loss of his political adviser in August is being felt.When Donald Trump, the Republican...
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Ted Cruz Takes Clear Lead Over Donald Trump In Iowa Republican Poll
Texas senator wins support of 31% of likely Republican caucus-goers.A new poll released on Saturday showed Ted Cruz taking a potentially decisive lead in the Republican field in Iowa. In a poll...
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Harvard Law Professor: Ted Cruz’s Eligibility to Be President Is ‘Murky and...
"There is no single, settled answer. And our supreme court has never addressed the issue.”The legal and constitutional issues around qualification for the presidency on grounds of US citizenship are...
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How the Iowa Caucuses Work: A Confusing Election Process Explained
The four-stage contest begins on 1 February, building to a national convention in the spring.The Iowa caucuses are perhaps the most important yet mysterious contest in American politics. The concept of...
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Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump for Republican Presidential Nomination
Former vice-presidential nominee becomes first current or former statewide elected official to back Trump, who says he is ‘proud to have her support.’Sarah Palin endorsed Donald Trump for president on...
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