Why Longer Lives Mean the Future of US Politics Is Female – OZY

Why Longer Lives Mean the Future of US Politics Is Female  OZY Women live longer than men. And in the realm of politics, simply sticking around has an advantage, as seniority often dictates power — particularly in Congress and state legislatures. But that hasn’t helped women traditionally. Until now. For decades, men have more often gotten elected at a younger age, whereas women either struggled to win races or didn’t choose to join politics until after raising children. Take Nancy Pelosi, perhaps the most sustainably powerful female American politician in history,…

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U.S. Congress passes $19.1 billion disaster aid bill, sends to Trump – Reuters

U.S. Congress passes $ 19.1 billion disaster aid bill, sends to Trump  Reuters The U.S. Congress on Monday approved legislation providing $ 19.1 billion in emergency funding for disaster recovery efforts throughout the United States, including Puerto Rico, sending it to President Donald Trump to sign into law. Final passage came as the Democratic-led House of Representatives voted 354-58 for the measure, which lawmakers and Trump had haggled over for months. It was approved by the Republican-led Senate late last month, and Trump has said he supports it. The president, who…

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Trump defied the laws of politics. Now he’s trying to break the laws of economic gravity. – CNN

Trump defied the laws of politics. Now he’s trying to break the laws of economic gravity.  CNN President Donald Trump came to office breaking the laws of US politics, knocking over Democrats’ blue wall in the Rust Belt and remaking the GOP in his own nationalist image. He basically spent 2016 saying there was a different political reality than the one politicians and most voters knew, and it turned out he had a point. There’s a similar alternate reality emerging where it comes to the President’s use of tariffs, first against…

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Journalists with Chinese state broadcaster CGTN in US denied passes to cover Congress – South China Morning Post

Journalists with Chinese state broadcaster CGTN in US denied passes to cover Congress  South China Morning Post The media has become the latest battleground in the conflict between the United States and China – after trade and technology – as journalists at the US arm of China’s state broadcaster were denied passes to cover Capitol Hill, a result of Washington’s requirement that some reporters there register as foreign agents. The Radio and Television Correspondents Association (RTCA) denied China Global Television Network (CGTN) America’s application for renewal of the credentials that give…

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Republicans and Democrats Are Describing Two Different Constitutions – The Atlantic

Republicans and Democrats Are Describing Two Different Constitutions  The Atlantic Todd Taulman Photography / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Updated at 10:08 a.m. ET on June 2, 2019. Democratic and Republican politicians agree on one thing about President Donald Trump’s tax returns: The Constitution determines who can see them. Democrats such as Representative David Cicilline insist that Congress needs access to fulfill its “constitutional responsibilities of oversight” and evaluate possible violations of the Constitution’s emoluments clauses. Republicans such as Representative Bradley Byrne insist that the House Ways and Means Committee’s request for…

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