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In a vote of 241-187, the House of Representatives has voted to halt funding to Planned Parenthood for a full year in order to investigate supposed “wrong-doing” and “harvesting” of fetal organs by the women’s healthcare provider. 239 Republicans and two democrats voted in favor of defunding, while three Republicans and 179 Democrats voted against…
We thought (hoped, maybe) the idea that President Barack Obama is Muslim from Kenya was dead and buried. But even in 2015, it lives on. This myth has been debunked over and over and over again. We’ve been fact-checking claims about this since 2007, the year PolitiFact went live. Yet it resurfaced Sept. 17, 2015…
They are all insane people. Even poor, stressed-out, occasionally lucid-seeming John Kasich: bonkers. Pathology is contextual, and one simply does not bring reasonable takes like Actually, the deal with Iran is okay, provided we do the diligence of enforcing it, just like pretty much every other deal ever to a presidential debate stage in the…
Entry Text NEW YORK — Carl Stubbs, 63, stood outside New York City Council chambers Wednesday in anticipation of the council’s vote on the Fair Chance Act — a bill that would delay when many of the city’s private sector employers can ask job applicants about their criminal history. “I feel [that] being black, having…
Photo Eleven presidential candidates had three prime-time hours on the national stage on Wednesday to tell the American people why they should lead the country. Nobody forced them to be there. They were there freely, armed with the best arguments they and their policy advisers had come up with, to make their cases as seasoned…
“[W]hat the team and I have been doing,” CNN’s Jake Tapper told his colleague Brian Stelter earlier this week when describing plans for Wednesday’s presidential debate, “is trying to craft questions that, in most cases, pit candidates against the other, specific candidates on the stage, on issues where they disagree.” So, you know, make it…
Wednesday’s prime time GOP debate averaged 22.9 million viewers, making it the most-watched program in CNN’s history. The 6 p.m. “undercard” debate drew 6.3 million viewers. For comparison’s sake, CNN’s most-watched presidential primary debate before Wednesday was a Democratic debate on January 31, 2008. It had an average of 8.3 million viewers. CNN’s most-watched program…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Viewers of the second Republican presidential debate heard inflated claims about Planned Parenthood abortion practices and the risks of vaccines, as well as a dubious assertion by Donald Trump that he wasn’t interested in establishing casinos in Florida back in Jeb Bush’s days as a candidate for governor. Some of the claims…
AP Photo CNN’s three-hour debate from hell Marathon encounter tried the patience of candidates, operatives, and viewers. By Hadas Gold 09/17/15, 02:12 AM EDT By the third hour of CNN’s GOP presidential debate, the candidates looked like long-distance runners fading in the final lap: A sweating Marco Rubio ran his hands through his hair, Chris…
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was tweeting up a storm during the Republican presidential debate. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was tweeting up a storm during the Republican presidential debate. Win McNamee/Getty Images This post was updated at 8:30 a.m. ET…