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Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walkerâs upcoming announcement to run for President of the United States: Scott Walker is a national disgrace. Contact: Josh Goldstein (202) 637-5018 AFL-CIO Statement on Scott Walker Announcement.
/.article-header__top Economists on the left and right alike embrace the theory behind the levy the city council president wants to implement. But the political realities are where things get sticky. /.article-header__hgroup /.article-meta /.l__article-header Gun violence doesn’t just harm individual victims — shootings also strain public coffers when the government is on the hook for medical…
Women will have insurance coverage for birth control regardless of whether their employer claims a religious exemption, the federal government announced today. In a new rule published this morning by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor, the government specified which employers can claim the religious exemptions granted to companies…
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is now telling reporters that she is at risk of losing Iowa to Bernie Sanders in the February caucuses. One ought to view these stories a bit cynically: It almost always benefits a candidate to lower expectations in Iowa, and these warnings are often designed to activate lethargic supporters. At the same…
Noted asshole Donald Trump recently made asshole history, giving a goddamn presidential campaign announcement so racist that the network responsible for Outsourced was uncomfortable remaining associated with him. NBC, however, is just one of many entities that have distanced themselves from Trump since he asserted Mexican immigrants were criminals and rapists last month. Here, for…
Jim Webb is now the fifth Democrat to pursue the 2016 presidential nomination. He made the announcement Thursday on his website, acknowledging that other candidates in the race are likely to have more money and bigger campaign machines than he does. “I understand the odds, particularly in today’s political climate where fair debate is so…
After many months of thought, deliberation and discussion, I have decided to seek the office of the Presidency of the United States. I understand the odds, particularly in today’s political climate where fair debate is so often drowned out by huge sums of money. I know that more than one candidate in this process intends…
Entry Text WASHINGTON — He told us it was going to be huge. Truly one of the biggest ever. And now Donald Trump has some polling data to back him up. The celebrity hotelier, who announced his campaign for president in June, is surging in national and early primary polls. Trump placed second in a…
“We will never allow the establishment of a state in Syria’s north and our south,” Mr Erdogan said at the weekend. “We will continue our fight in this regard no matter what it costs.” Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan (seated) heads the National Security Council meeting Turkey has urged the creation of a buffer zone protected…
RENO, Nev. (AP) — Federal Bureau of Land Management officials are defending their request for special housing accommodations during the annual Burning Man counterculture festival in Nevada, disputing comments by Sen. Harry Reid and others that the plans are unnecessary and extravagant. Burning Man organizers have refused the request, saying amenities such as flush toilets,…