Republican Who Survived Shooting Says Democrats Wouldn’t Let Him Testify at Gun Control Hearing

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., said Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee blocked him from appearing at a hearing Wednesday on gun control to testify as the victim of the shooting during a congressional baseball practice two years ago. Historically, Scalise said, members of Congress normally are given the opportunity to testify before a […]

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Trump Has Authority to Declare Emergency for Border Wall, Arizona Lawmaker Says

President Donald Trump does have the authority to declare a national emergency in order to build his promised border barrier between the United States and Mexico if gridlock in Congress makes it necessary, a Republican lawmaker says. “He has the authority, and it’s not unique,”  Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said Wednesday at Conversations with Conservatives, […]

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Trump Has Authority to Declare Emergency for Border Wall, Arizona Lawmaker Says

President Donald Trump does have the authority to declare a national emergency in order to build his promised border barrier between the United States and Mexico if gridlock in Congress makes it necessary, a Republican lawmaker says. “He has the authority, and it’s not unique,”  Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said Wednesday at Conversations with Conservatives, […]

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Dearborn Michigan blocks exposé of Henry Ford’s anti-Semitism

The editor of a quarterly journal published by the historical commission of Dearborn, Michigan will not work on any more of the magazines after he published an article about Henry Ford’s history of anti-Semitism in the publication’s 100th anniversary issue. Dearborn Mayor John B. O’Reilly prevented the January issue of the magazine, paid for by […]

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Instead of Criticizing Walmart, Sanders Should Praise the Company for Giving Workers More Paid Time Off

The other day, I gave my 5-year-old daughter a cookie, and she complained, “I didn’t want just one.” Walmart—the largest employer in the United States—recently announced that it would provide a new, paid time-off bank for workers. It will allow Walmart’s roughly 1.5 million U.S. workers to accumulate up to 48 hours of paid time […]

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