There has been a lot buzz in Washington lately over the new leaks coming out of the Trump administration, as well as the ongoing investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. However, a recent story that has gone largely unreported could potentially have rather large implications concerning the election results this past November, more so than Russian interferences.
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Over the weekend, President Trump and Saudi King Salman signed several deals regarding military and economic partnerships between the two countries. This includes a $110 billion investment deal as well as another $350 billion over the next 10 years.
On Monday, Federal Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the D.C. District Court granted plaintiffs' motion to file another brief -- a supplemental complaint -- in the case, Level the Playing Field, et. al. v. FEC. Once again, the FEC will be forced to respond after it dodged the original complaint against the Commission on Presidential Debates for a second time.
The Texas House approved a bill Saturday that eliminates straight-ticket voting, which allows voters to choose a party's entire slate of candidates in a single ballot marking. Texas will likely become the second state in 2017 to eliminate straight-ticket voting, following Iowa.
Access to higher education has been on the forefront of the political sphere over the past two presidential races, with both parties agreeing that students need to be educated in order to succeed in today’s competitive and rapidly advancing workforce. At the same time, higher education has changed drastically with the influx of technology making it more accessible to students of all ages and locations.
Since roughly the 1980s, certain norms on US college campuses have shifted dramatically. In cases of sexual harassment or sexual assault, the administrative default has swung from precautionary skepticism to, in a word, gullibility. Administrative policy is now being led by a contingent of activists for whom it is anathema to question the word of any self-proclaimed victim. Everyone is guilty until proven innocent.
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The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed the Regulations from Executives In Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act Wednesday, a bill sponsored by U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.). This is just one bill Paul has sponsored to protect constitutional checks and balances between the Legislative Branch and the Executive Branch.
Harvard Media Study: Living in the Age of Extremes
Harvard University has released a new study revealing the remarkable extent the mainstream media has gone to harm President Donald Trump.
Academics at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy analyzed coverage from Trump’s first 100 days in office across 10 major TV and print outlets.
From the media blackout of a DNC lawsuit to open primaries to term limits and more, here are 5 things you may have missed in nonpartisan political and election news.
1. Media Blackout of DNC Lawsuit
Go to CNN or MSNBC or NBC News or the New York Times or Washington Post and you won't find much on an ongoing lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee and former DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz for showing favoritism toward Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primary.
Reports released Friday morning that Swedish prosecutors have discontinued an investigation into rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Assange has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since August 2012 to avoid extradition. At 6:04 am PDT, Assange tweeted his own statement: