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Friends, Now, more than ever, independent journalism has become the last firewall against government and corporate lies. Yet, with frightening regularity, independent media sources are losing funding, closing down or being blacked out by Google and Facebook.
Democrats are alleging new attempts at voter suppression in Texas, where the GOP-controlled Legislature's electoral maps and a strict voter ID law already have been previously struck down in federal court and the nation's first primary of the year is less than two weeks away. At issue this time: unusual accusations by top Republicans that schools districts and educational groups are trying to unfairly sway elections.
The company that failed to deliver nearly all of the hot meals it promised to Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria plagiarized the bid that won it the $156 million contract from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to a letter penned by three senators this week. Democratic Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Gary Peters of Michigan say that Tribute Contracting LLC - which lost its contract in October after just 20 days because it had delivered only 50,000 of the 30 million meals promised - lifted paragraphs from two other companies related to logistics and delivery.
In this Oct. 19, 2016 file photo, a man fishes for salmon in the Snake River above the Lower Granite Dam in Washington state. Three Republican U.S. House members from Washington state are criticizing Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., for opposing their legislation that would prevent the breaching of four dams on the Snake River to help improve endangered salmon runs.
Chester Trahan's grandchildren are working, so he's feeling better about the economy these days. But his view of the country's overall direction is pretty grim, darkened by what he sees as a surge in racism and violence fueled by President Donald Trump.
A passenger vehicle struck a security barrier near the White House on Friday, but did not breach the White House complex, the U.S. Secret Service said in a series of tweets. The female driver of the vehicle was immediately apprehended by the Secret Service, it said, adding that no shots were fired and no law enforcement personnel were hurt.
President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of John McCain for the senator's dramatic thumbs-down deciding vote last year against the GOP health care repeal. Without using McCain's name, Trump spoke of his move in December that effectively defeated the overhaul in a close vote.
In the wake of the Florida school shooting killing 17 people, U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger said the aisles of Congress need to find common ground on gun control. The Channahon Republican, who's running for re-election in the 16th Congressional District, told the Sauk Valley Media Editorial Board on Thursday that gun control is a bipartisan issue that needs to be approached outside of the far-leaning stances, the "ban all guns" or "do nothing" sides of the spectrum.
The person who was the driving force behind the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the person now running that institution in a different direction, traded barbs on Friday in a series of letters on payday lenders and arbitration. At the end of January, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, along with Rep. Maxine Waters and four other Congressional Democrats wrote acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney on recent actions to benefit payday lenders.
"When we declare our schools to be gun-free zones, it just puts our students in far more danger," Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference. US President Donald J. Trump addresses the 45th annual Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, USA, 23 February 2018.
Attendees of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference booed Republican Sen. John McCain on Friday, as President Trump slammed him for voting against a bill last year that would have repealed Obamacare. "Remember, one person walked into a room, when he was supposed to go this way, and he said he was going this way, and he walked in, and he went this way and everyone said, 'What happened? What was that all about?' " Trump said, eliciting heavy boos from the CPAC crowd.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich and his counterparts from Colorado and Alaska came to the nation's capital Friday to remind policy makers, businesses and the public: There's still much work to do on health care. The ideas of Kasich, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Alaska Gov. Bill Walker weren't exactly new.
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday, the president said, "maybe 10 percent or 20 percent of the population of teachers, etc" should have concealed weapons. He added that "nobody would ever see it unless they needed it."
Prior to being the cop who "did nothing" to stop the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on Feb. 14, the Florida officer was honored as school cop of the year with stellar performance reviews. Scot Peterson was suspended without pay before resigning in the wake of the shooting, which claimed 17 lives.
The crowd at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference broke out into chants of "lock her up" when President Trump mentioned Hillary Clinton on Friday. Trump warned the crowd of conservatives that if Democrats won the 2018 midterm elections, they would take away their Second Amendment rights and would repeal the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
A 74-year-old rancher from Encinal, Texas, is suing the federal government after he found a surveillance camera on his property, and subsequently refused to give it back to authorities. Ricardo Palacios, who is also an attorney, is specifically filing suit against the Customs and Border Protection and the Texas Ranger Division, including two agents of the respective agencies.
National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch went head-to-head with CNN's Alisyn Camerota over the network's coverage of last week's school shooting in Parkland, Florida. During Loesch's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, she accused the media of loving mass shootings because of the ratings.