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Harry Reid on former House Speaker John Boehner: 'I did everything I could to cause him trouble' but we 'got a lot done'

Summary List Placement When former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada was asked on Saturday about a now-infamous confrontation with former GOP House Speaker...
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John Boehner says his time as House speaker was like being the 'mayor' of a 'Crazytown' full of 'jackasses'

3 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Former House Speaker John Boehner likened his time in Congress to living in "Crazytown," according to an excerpt of his upcoming tell-all memoir reported...
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Lessons Learned With Thomas Donilon

4 days ago | Asia Unbound

Thomas Donilon discusses his distinguished career in business and government, including his role as national security advisor under President Barack Obama, working with three...
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Trump's judicial appointments worsened racial diversity in the federal courts

4 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Historically, the federal judiciary has been an unrepresentative institution. President Donald Trump's appointments made it worse. In just four years...
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Donald Trump has expanded his list of 'woke' companies to boycott, due to their opposition of Georgia's voting law

8 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Former President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of companies that oppose Georgia's new voting law , and widened his appeal for more...
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Moore: Democrat-led states failing minorities

9 days ago | Boston Herald

Rep. Jack Kemp used to say that minority voters “don't care what you know until they know that you care.” Democrats have cleaned up with Black and Hispanic voters (although a...
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President Biden's dogs must resign

12 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement When then-Vice Presidential candidate Biden promised his family in 2008 that they'd purchase a puppy if he and Barack Obama won the presidential...
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The Food And Agriculture Legacy Of Mama Sarah, Barack Obama's Late Step-Grandmother

13 days ago | Forbes

Former US President, Barrack Obama's step grandmother Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama or “Mama Sarah” was a farmer, an agricultural ambassador, a food security activist, a market...
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Biden just canceled student debt for 41,000 borrowers with disabilities. Here's who qualifies

13 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Monday canceled student debt for over 41,000 borrowers with disabilities and removed paperwork requirements, easing...
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Biden's DOE just canceled $1.3 billion of student debt for 41,000 borrowers with disabilities - and ended a rule requiring 230,000 to submit paperwork to qualify

14 days ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement After canceling student debt for about 72,000 defrauded borrowers two weeks ago, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona announced relief measures for...
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New Mexico becomes 16th state to legalize marijuana, a rebuttal to America's...

Summary List Placement Beginning this summer, New Mexicans 21 and older will be able to both possess and grow marijuana. The state on Monday became the latest to legalize the... Read more ...

Biden meets with bipartisan group on $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan...

Summary List Placement For the first time since unveiling his $2.3 trillion infrastructure package two weeks ago, President Joe Biden met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers... Read more ...

Biden says there is 'no justification for violence' at protests after the...

Summary List Placement In his first remarks about the police killing of a 20-year old Black man, Daunte Wright , President Joe Biden said that "it remains to be determined... Read more ...

Psaki says Biden 'does not spend his time tweeting conspiracy theories'...

Summary List Placement White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday defended President Joe Biden's communication style after a Republican senator criticized his limited... Read more ...

CDC director offered a solution to the Michigan COVID-19 surge: 'Shut things...

Summary List Placement Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky said Michigan should shut down the state to stop the spread of COVID-19. "Really... Read more ...

Senate Republicans gave a brand new award to Trump the same weekend he...

Summary List Placement The Senate Republicans' campaign arm announced on Monday that it had presented former President Donald Trump with a new award over the weekend. Trump... Read more ...

A majority of CEOs say Biden's proposed corporate tax hike could undo the...

Summary List Placement American business leaders are warning a corporate tax rate hike proposed by President Joe Biden could make it harder to hire workers and increase their... Read more ...

Nuance jumps 31% on news Microsoft will acquire the AI software maker for...

Summary List Placement Nuance Communications shares surged 31% early Monday on reports ahead of an official announcement from Microsoft that it will purchase the AI... Read more ...

Uber reveals March bookings were the highest in company history as...

Summary List Placement Uber on Monday revealed record bookings for the month of March 2021, fueled by an resurgence in travel as pandemic restrictions around the world slowly... Read more ...

Prosecution's case against ex-cop in Floyd death nears end

MINNEAPOLIS - The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death enters its third week Monday, with the state nearing the end of a case built on... Read more ...