Month: March 2018

One reproducing the text of the Second Amendment? “I think that that could be viewed as political,” Mr. Rogan said. One reproducing the text of the First Amendment? “It would be allowed,” Mr. Rogan said. One saying “All lives matter”? “That could be perceived as political,” Mr. Rogan said. One saying #MeToo? “If that was an issue in elections in that polling place, that would be political,” Mr. Rogan said. After hearing all of this, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch…

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Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin said Mr. Graham repeatedly challenged the nation to look to God and to look within. “In those moments, when we felt weak in spirit, when our country was on its knees, he reminded us, he convinced us that is exactly when we find our grace and our strength,” Mr. Ryan said. Mr. Graham joined an exclusive list of more than 30 Americans who have lain in state or in honor in the Rotunda,…

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Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut and an author, with Mr. Cornyn, of the more limited background check bill, equated taking up his own legislation without allowing consideration of alternatives to “slamming the door in the face of all these kids who are demanding change.” “I think it is imperative that we rise to the moment,” Mr. Murphy said. Democrats are not yet threatening to block debate on the background measure if Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky…

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Advocates are hoping that the more information they can bring to the surface, the more they can bend companies’ or voters’ behavior with it. “What we want to create is sort of a living thing that puts companies on notice,” said Martin Whittaker, chief executive of Just Capital, a nonpartisan group that has compiled data on how 90 public corporations plan to spend their tax savings, and which will send letters to 875 companies on Wednesday seeking more information…

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National identity is the myth that built the modern world. We explain its origins in a new video series from The Interpreter. Max Fisher and Amanda Taub write The Interpreter, which explores the ideas behind major world events. They use political and social science to explain topics from authoritarianism to arms control. Continue reading the main story Powered by WPeMatico

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Advertisement Little by little, the Trump administration is dismantling elements of the Affordable Care Act and creating a health care system that looks more like the one that preceded it. But some states don’t want to go back and are working to build it back up. Congress and the Trump administration have reduced Obamacare outreach, weakened benefit requirements, repealed the unpopular individual insurance mandate and broadened opportunities for insurers to offer inexpensive but skimpy plans to more customers. Last…

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Advertisement Update: Hope Hicks announced on Wednesday that she was resigning as White House communications director. For the latest updates and further coverage, read here. WASHINGTON — Hope Hicks, the White House communications director, told House investigators on Tuesday that her work for President Trump, who has a reputation for exaggerations and outright falsehoods, had occasionally required her to tell white lies. But after extended consultation with her lawyers, she insisted that she had not lied about matters material…

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