Trump Backs Off His Support to Raise Federal Gun Purchase Age …
Wall Street Journal–17 hours ago
In a post on Twitter on Monday, he said it was because there was “not much politicalsupport (to put it mildly)” for raising the age limit. An early iteration of the president’s plan did call on states to raise the age limit, like Florida lawmakers agreed to do this year. Such a move, which was a last-minute scratch, …
Abe’s Greatest Political Threat
Bloomberg–7 hours ago
After all, Japan is no stranger to political upset. Prime ministers rarely survive longer than five years and Abe has already passed that threshold thanks to his deft ability to survive scandals. His ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s approval rating is at 48 percent, 6 percentage points lower than last month but …
Politics podcast: the Batman byelection battleground
The Conversation AU–1 hour ago
Michelle Grattan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations … Byelections are not just important in the obvious sense of their results, but also for the confidence of political players.
A Political Speech Crackdown
Wall Street Journal–Mar. 11, 2018
The political catalyst is the U.S. finding that Russian operatives used social-media platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter , to pose as U.S. citizens or organizations in an attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election. Investigators have found that the amount of Russian spending and posts was very …
Bold vision will shake up the political order
The Times–Mar. 11, 2018
For decades, mainstream politics has generally been constrained within a narrow band of centrist, low-tax, free-market policies in a social democratic tradition. The only variation has been incremental, with small differences of emphasis — of tone, of framing — livened by occasional novelties in the retail …
Once Again, Push for Gun Control Collides With Political Reality
New York Times–Mar. 1, 2018
WASHINGTON — Here’s how significant things don’t get done in Washington even in a moment of crisis and opportunity. The president throws out a hodgepodge of ideas, thoroughly confusing both sides about what he really supports. Senate Republicans, grappling for an answer that responds to public …
Local political trio jet off in honour of St. Patrick!
Westmeath Independent–1 hour ago
With local Minister of State, Kevin “Boxer” Moran in Kenya, Athlone Mayor Aengus O’ Rourke in the USA and Drum native and Minister for the Environment, Denis Naughten, in Canada, it would seem that no far-flung destination is out of bounds when it comes to flying the Irish flag high in honour of St.
Tories will not return £820000 in Russia-linked donations, Philip …
Telegraph.co.uk–Mar. 11, 2018
The Conservative Party will not hand back £820,000 in donations from Russian oligarchs and their associates, the Chancellor has said, because it would be wrong to “tar them with Putin’s brush”. Marina Litvinenko, the widow of murdered former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, is among those who have …
Fake News and Bots May Be Worrisome, but Their Political Power Is …
New York Times–Feb. 13, 2018
How easy is it to change people’s votes in an election? The answer, a growing number of studies conclude, is that most forms of political persuasion seem to have little effect at all. This conclusion may sound jarring at a time when people are concerned about the effects of the false news articles that flooded …
Pennsylvania House Race Seen as a Test for Both Parties
Wall Street Journal–Mar. 11, 2018
Conor Lamb didn’t seek to distance himself from Donald Trump; he chose instead to make himself more like Donald Trump,” said Charlie Gerow, a longtime politicalstrategist in Pennsylvania. “He ran away from Nancy Pelosi. ” Mr. Lamb, a former federal prosecutor and Marine, has said he doesn’t agree …
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