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 After OPEC+ announced on Wednesday it would cut oil production to boost sagging oil prices, the White House said it would look at ways to boost domestic production.President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he was  disappointed,  and there are  a lot of alternatives  to lower prices. He said no decisions have been made.OPEC+ said it would cut production by 2 million barrels per day on the market. OPEC+ comprises of 13 major oil-producing nations plus several other non-member nations that participate in the groups policy objectives.The U.S. gets about 11% of its oil from these nations, but much of the  stanley mug world relies on oil produced by OPEC+ nations.Generally, gas prices are dictated by the supply and demand of crude oil. When the oil supply is reduced, gas prices generally go up. White Ho stanley termos use press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said OPEC+s decision is a  mistake.  It s no secret that the presiden stanley cup t believes that energy supply should meet energy demand and that it is important for the global economy as it faces global challenge,  she said.As gas prices surged in the spring and early summer, the White House announced it would release 1 million barrels of oil daily from the Strategic Petrole Hlef Country music, southern rock legend Charlie Daniels dies at 83
 COLUMBIA MO. 鈥?The Missouri House on Wednesday ousted a lawmaker accused of sexually and physically abusing his children years ago.The GOP-led House on Wednesd stanley kaufen ay voted almost unanimously to kick out Republican Rick Roeber. No lawmakers voted against his ouster, and only one voted as  present  to sidestep taking a stand either way.Roeber s ex stanley cup pulsion followed a months-long House Ethics Committee investigation into claims made by his now-adult children that he sexually abused two of them at the ages of 5 and 9.The committee found their allegations credible.Roeber didn t immediately respond to an Associated Press request for comment Wednesday. He previously told the committee that he didn t sexually abuse his children.                Copyright 2021 The Associated  stanley tumbler Press.  All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.                    Report a typo            Sign up for the Breaking News Newsletter and receive up to date information.             now signed up to receive the Breaking News Newsletter.    Click here to manage all Newsletters                                                                                                   

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 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has so far resisted elaborating on two landmark decisions that established a nationwide right to defend one s home with a gun.That could change with a new appeal filed by gun owners that challenges a Chicago suburb s assault weapons ban.The appeal by Dr. Arie Friedman and the Illinois State Rifle Association argues that the City of Highland Park has violated their constitutional rights by banning some of the most popular semi-automatic guns in the United States, as well as ammunition clips of more than 10 rounds.The justices put off consideration of the appeal last week. In recent years, the court has almost always deferred action on an appeal before agreeing t stanley cup o take it up.                                        The court could say as early as Monday whether it will hear the case.Friedman is a practicing pediatricia stanley cups n and owner of semi-automatic weapons. He lost a bid for the state Senate as a Republican in 2012 in a campaign in which some conservatives complained about his support for abortion rights. In recent days, Friedman has used his Twitter account to offer tips for Israelis who  stanley cup want to arm themselves in public. He did not respond to messages left with his medical practice.        The Supreme Court s 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller and the 2010 decision in McDonald v. Chicago focused mainly on the right to defend one s own home. Gun rights groups have failed repeatedly to get the justices to say how broadly the Second Amen Rcia Edwards Asks College Grads To Help End War
 From CBS News  Ryan Corsaro: DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.  - Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden participated in a wide-ranging town hall this afternoon with senior citizens, fielding questions ranging from Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin s pregnant daughter and Supreme Court justice picks, to look stanley thermobecher ing into the legality of activities inside the Bush administration.   The event focused largely on Israel.  Biden s Yiddish-flavored remarks were largely aimed at members of Florida s Jewish community, including anecdotes of his understanding of  the Holocaust and Golda Meir.                                          We re going to be mishpukah  family  before this all is over. I promise you,  said Biden, who referred to himself as  the zadi  or grandfather.Touting his foreign policy experience, Biden charged that the last two terms of President Bush s leadership has left Israel less secure.         Eight years ago you did not have the legitimization of Hezbollah as part of the government in Lebanon,  said Biden.  Eight y stanley sverige ears ago you didn t have Hamas occupying, you did not have Hamas occupying Gaza, continuing to lob shells into school yards and hospitals and homes. Eight years ago the president and the administration and my friend talks about freedom on the march, in Iran the only thing on the march is their march to get a nuclear weapon.  Biden recalled visitin stanley cup g Europe with his son to view the sights of Holocaust atrocities.    I wanted him to see, because a

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 WASHINGTO stanley water bottle N-- President Trump visited House Majority Whip Steve Scalise Wednesday night at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where the Republican congressman is being treated for gunshot wounds after the morning shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice in nearby Alexandria, Virginia.Mr. Trump s motorcade made an unannounced trip to the hospital, according to the White House press pool, after a rare emotional and unifying day in Washington, D.C., as members of both parties came together over the jarring incident. The pool reporter was told first lady Melania Trump accompanied the president to the hospital. Trump aides brought two large bouquets of large white flowers.Mr. Trump visited Scalise s room and spoke with the family, according to the pool report.                                        After visiting Scalise, Mr. Trump tweeted the congressman is in  really tough shape,  but is a  real fighter.     Just left hospital. Rep. Steve Scalise, one of the truly great people, is in very tough stanley cup  shape - but he is a real fighter. Pray for Steve!mdash; Donald J. Trump  @realDonald stanley termoska Trump  June 15, 2017  Scalise is in critical condition, after undergoing surgery for a gunshot to the hip. According to MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Scalise suffered a single rifle wound to his left hip. The gunshot traveled across his pelvis, fracturing bones, injuring internal organs and causing severe bleeding, the hospital said. He will need additional surgeries, the hospital sa Tvgn Putin and the the 2020 presidential election - transcript
 Rep. Jerrold Nadler  D-N.Y. , chairman of the subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the House Judiciary Committee, has announced that he will begin a series of hearings on Bush Administration s policies, actions and programs that threaten Americans  fundamental constitutional rights and civil liberties and also hear proposals for potential legislative fixes. First up for Nadler will be a June 7 hearing on the NSA s domestic eavesdropping program. Other sessions will include:  The erosion of Habeas Corpus through the Military Commissions Act; The sanctioning of torture through the Military Commissions Act and other government policies; The practice of  extraordinary rendition,  or government sponsored kidnapping; PATRIOT Act threats to privacy rights, including the FBI s abuses of the National Security Letter authority and intrusions into  stanley cup Americans   Freedom to Read ; Government surveillance of Firs stanley fr t Amendment-protected activities; and the  stanley us gutting of the Justice Department s Civil Rights and Voting Rights Divisions.       ponent--type-recirculation .item:nth-child 5          display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-c842a8e4-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d,  right-rail-recirc-item--id-c842a8e4-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d         display: none;             inline-recirc-item--id-c842a8e4-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child 5          display: block;     

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 FacebookCEO Mark  stanley mugs Zuckerbergis speaking publicly for the first time since a whistleblower described how a data firm exploited a loophole to access data from 50 million Facebook users. Hours afterreleasing a statement on Facebook ,Zuckerberg spoke to Wired editor-in-chief Nick Thompson about what he called  one of our biggest mistakes. Thompson spoke to CBSN about his interview with Zuckerberg, who revealed   stanley thermos there are probably 15 changes  it will take  to further restrict data.  He also told CBSN s Elaine Quijano that Facebook isn t so great at worst case scenarios and that it s inevitable Zuckerberg testifies in front of Congress.Facebook s fight against the phrase  data breach Both Zuckerberg and Facebook chief operating officer  stanley mug Sheryl Sandberg remained silent amid reports political consulting firmCambridge Analytica, which has links to President Trump s 2016 campaign, exploited a loophole in Facebook that allowed it to access data using an app created by a third-party research firm. Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica last week, saying the firm had not deleted the data in 2015, as it had claimed to.                Nick Thompson                                                      CBS News                                        Facebook  FB  learned about the Cambridge Analytica incident in late 2015 and had the firm sign a legal undertaking that the data would be deleted, Thompson wrote in his article. But this week s reports cast doubt on that set of circumstances. Thomp Fine Pro-Romney super PAC says ad is legal
 Outside of Wisconsin s dispute with labor unions, there s a bigger attack coming -- against unionized teachers, reports CBS News correspondent Wyatt Andrews.  This is a direct attack on freedom,  said one teacher.In six states,  Fla., Idaho, Ind., Nev., N.J. Tenn.  plus New York City and Los Angeles, the issue now is tenure -- lifetime job protections that prevent good teachers from being fired on a whim. But tenure also, critics say, protects bad teachers from being fired at all.                                          Into this b stanley cups uk attle -- unpredictably -- has stepped Randi Weingarten.Randi Weingarten speaks on unions          We wanted to fix the problem,  said Weingarten.Last week, Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, a union with 1.5 million members, proposed new rules to evaluate and fire incompetent teachers. Any teacher judged  unsatisfactory  would get one year of guidance called an  improvement plan.  Teachers who fail  stanley thermobecher to improve would then face a dismissal hearing within 100 days.  We wanted to make sure were focused on teacher quality, student instruction and on fairness,  Weingarten said in an inter stanley cups uk view with CBS News.Weingarten insists this is not a response to the fight in Wisconsin -- but is an answer to the biggest complaints about tenure.             It has effectively become in some places a job for life, which is wrong,  said Weingarten.Weingarten thinks everyone, including unions, should take responsibility. I am saying that all

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 MILWAUKEE 鈥?Starting July 26, voters all across Wisconsin can begin casting their ballots for the upcoming August 9 primary election. You don t have to worry about not having your vote count. We re going to do everything we can to make sure your ballot is received on time and is counted,  said Claire Woodall-Vogg, Executive Directo vaso stanley r, City of Milwaukee Election Commission.Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes cant be used going forward.RESOURCES: See What s On Your Ballot And Where You Can VoteCity of Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Claire Woo stanley cup dall-Vogg says that decision only affects where you can vote early, not how. Nothing with the recent court ruling has changed how we conduct in-person absentee voting, also known as early voting. What s changed is if you have an absentee ball stanley flasche ot by mail, how you can return that ballot, and one of the places you can return it is at an early voting site,  said Woodall-Vogg.There are four early voting locations in Milwaukee:Frank P. Zeidler Municipal Building  841 North Broadway, Room 102 Good Hope Library  7715W Good Hope Rd Midtown Center  5700 West Capitol Drive Zablocki Library  3501 West Oklahoma Avenue You can vote weekdays from 9:00am 鈥?6:00pm and weekends from 10:00am 鈥?3:00pm.Report a typo or error // Submit a news tip Qchy Chip shortage leaves 95K GM vehicles unfinished in storage
 MILWAUKEE 鈥?Wednesday marked the first day back to school for most students across southeastern Wisconsin, but for a growing number of families, that means staying right at home.Thousands of stude stanley cup nts in Milwaukee have been learning from home since the pandemic began. While a majority of families rush to g stanley cup et their kids back in the classroom, a Wauwatosa mother says shes seeing a flood of parents geari stanley thermoskannen ng up for another school year at home. Theres a lot of parents that are expecting the school district to go back to virtual at some point, so they just want to stay at home instead of having to transition back and forth,  Kerry Krienitz said.  I think a greater emphasis for a lot of parents is the desire to not have their children in a mask all day. Krienitz has been homeschooling her two sons for the past four years. Before the pandemic began, she launched a Facebook group to offer advice and curriculum suggestions to other homeschooling parents in the Milwaukee area. She says the group grew rapidly within the past few months. There was like 80 people in the group and now theres over 300,  Krienitz said.                        TMJ4                Kerry Krienitz    Wisconsins Department of Public Instruction says about 27,000 students were homeschooled last school year, which was about 10,000 more than the year prior.Nationally, the U.S. Census Bureau reports the rate of homeschoolers doubled from 5.4 percent in the spring of 2020 to 11 percent six months later.                   

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 By now, it s hard to imagine that anyone who follows national news is unaware of the antagonistic relationship between the White House and press. President Trump s animosity toward  stanley mugs the press, which he regularly refers to as  the enemy of the people,  has been one of the hallmarks of his presidency. The Committee to Protect Journalists noted that from June 2015, when he was  stanley cup a presidential candidate, through mid-January 2019, Mr. Trump posted 1,339 tweets about the media  that were critical, insinuating, condemning, or threatening. Now, White House press briefings, which took place nearly daily under former Presidents George W. Bush and Obama, have become so rare that their occasional occurrences have themselves become news events.One of the Democratic presidential candidates, Eric Swalwell, a California congressman, wants to see a return to better relations with the press and is even making this a part of his campaign. On Friday, he released a set of reforms aimed at reestablishing civility and transparency between the press and White House stanley water bottle .                Rep. Eric Swalwell, D- Calif., seen April 9, 2019, in Sunrise, Fla.                                                      Getty                                        He s pegging the initiative to the United Nations  World Press Freedom Day, and it s as much a criticism of Mr. Trump s handling of the media as it is a reaction to threats against journalists, which may be drawing inspiration from the president s attacks on the Mbmz Schumer moving forward with temporary funding bill to avoid shutdown as spending talks continue
 This story was written by DJ Funkhouser, Indiana Daily StudentStrolling around campus right now leads me to believe that most Indiana University students are Obama supporters. I get it-- its hot to support Obama.        Dont believe me  Just wander into Urban Outfitters-- youre not going to see any graffiti shirts with McCain on them. And by now, just that one word --change --is enough to give people an idea of who is being talked about.                                                But Im curious, how did Obama get seemingly exclusive rights to this word, and why is that one word enough to believe in him         He didnt always have it. Before him, another presidential candidate once used that for his slogan. Before Its the economy, stupid, Bill Clinton ran with For a change.  stanley becher And to quote Howard Zinn, Clinton left no legacy of bold innovation in domestic policy or departure from traditional nationalistic foreign policy.                So just because people says change, it aint enough for this cynic to believe them; they need to show me.        Now, unless youv stanley cup e been living in a cave for the past several weeks or youre enrolled in Chem117, youve probably heard of the financial crisis were in. So what are our two candidates solutions for change  McCain recently released an all the fundamentals are fin stanley cup e statement, which isnt a solution but a joke.        But what about Obama  Ive been waiting to see what kind of change is hiding in his rolled-up sleeves. Where are the new inv

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 President Joe Biden plans to renominate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for a second term at the helm of the U.S. central bank, the White House  stanley cup spain announced Monday.The move amounts to an endorsement of Powell s stewardship of the economy through a brutal pandemic recession, with the Fed s monetary policy seen as helping revitalize the job market and push the stock market to record highs. Biden also said he would nominate Lael Brainard, the lone Democrat on  the Fed s governing body and many progressives  pick for the chair seat, as vi stanley flask ce chair.Stock markets rose on the announcement, which largely preserves the. Fed policy status quo for investors. The SP 500 rose 0.9% as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern time; the Dow and the tech-heavy Nasdaq each rose 0.7%.                                         Replacing Jer stanley cup ome Powell would have sent a psychological signal that the progressives are in power, which would have been unsettling to markets,  George Ball, chairman of investment firm Sanders Morris Harris, said in an email.Mr. Biden said he will fill  the three remaining slots on the Fed board, including that of vice chair for  supervision, a key bank regulatory post, in early December.         I m confident that Chair Powell and Dr. Brainard s focus on keeping  inflation low, prices stable, and delivering full employment will make  our economy stronger than ever before,  Mr. Biden said in a statement.  I have full confidence after their trial by fire over the  last 20 months that Chai Gusx The Crypt March 26th, 2007
 CBS/AP                                        The Senate on Tuesday voted to keep a controversial provision regarding military detainees in a Defense spending bill, setting up a showdown with President Obama.The controv botella stanley ersial language in question would require the military to detain terrorist suspects, including U.S. citizens, allowing for their indefinite detention. Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., led an effort to remove the language and provide more room for study on the issue, but his amendment wa copo stanley s rejected by a vote of 37 in favor to 61 against.                                        President Obama has promised to veto the Defense bill if it includes the controversial provision, with his administration arguing that applying the new rules within the U.S. would challenge the  fundamental American principle that our military does not patrol our streets. The vote indicates the fight over the provision isn t over -- its supporters did not garner enough votes today to over caneca stanley ride the president s veto.        In spite of the president s protests, the provision s supporters -- primarily the leaders of the Senate Armed Committee, Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Carl Levin, D-Mich. -- argue the measure would simply put into law a counterterrorism system already in place, codifying rules that are currently based on court decisions and executive orders. We re trying to provide tools and clarity that have been missing for 10 years,  Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on the Senate floor in def

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 J.B. Bickerstaff won, and still lost his job.He dragged the Clev stanley water bottle eland Cavaliers through some turbulent seasons, getting them back to the playoffs and deeper into the postseason than they ve been without LeBron James on the roster in more than 30 years.It wasn t enough.Bickerstaff was fired as Cleveland s coach on Thursday despite the Cavs improving in each of his four seasons and making it to the second round of the playoffs this year despite numerous injuries.His dismissal came one week after the Cavs were eliminated by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals while playing the final two games without All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell or center Jarrett Allen.Despite Bickerstaff s success, other issues apparently led Cavs owner Dan Gilbert and president of basketbal stanley cup l operations Koby Altman to make a move that at face value might seem extreme or even unfair.The coaching change could trigger a summer shift for the Cavs, who are hoping  stanley cup to sign Mitchell to a long-term contract extension and could make major moves while also paying close attention to whatever LeBron James ultimately decides to do.James, who can opt out of his contract with the Lakers, attended Cleveland s final home playoff game, raising speculation about him making another homecoming and playing a third stint with the Cavs 鈥?maybe as a final career act.That s down the road.In the short term, the Cavs have begun their search for a replacement for Bickerstaff. J.B. is a well-respected NBA coach and an  Aqlu Aaron Donald, 3-time Defensive Player of the Year, retiring from NFL
 In an industry where workers knowledge and know how could mean the difference between life and death, hands-on training for EMTs isnt what it used to be. This is the first class that has had the entire course during the COVID pandemic,  said Patrick Dibb, lead EMT professor at Santa Ana C stanley cup ollege in Southern California.Dibb, a former fire chief, says coronavirus concerns have changed how future first responders are being educated. I wouldnt stanley cup becher  say its as good as it was prior,  Dibbs said.Not as good, Dibb says, because most EMT training has moved from in-person to online. During the pandemic, Santa Ana College now has one hands-on training session per semester. Our ambulance companies and our emergency departments that the stanley thermosflasche  students are required to attend at least 24 hours of have not allowed us to return to those facilities until the COVID is clear,  Dibb said.Despite less hands-on training, theres still a growing demand for this type of work and students like Coral Lucas are helping fill what experts say is a nationwide shortage of EMTs. I feel like theres more of an opportunity to get a job right now because were in such high demand,  she said.Part of the recruiting problem could be the pay. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, EMTs across the country make a median of $17 an hour, leaving many people looking for other employment options during this pandemic.For students like Lucas, however, being on the front lines, even during a global crisis, is the place to be. If I g

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 Vice President Mike Pence defended Israeli air strikes on Iranian targets overnight, saying  we stand by Israel s right of self-defense to protect its nation, its people, and its sovereignty. Israel and Iran have traded firein the most serious military confrontation in recent years between the nations. Israel says it attacked  dozens  of Iranian targets in  stanley deutschland Syria, retaliation for an ea stanley cup rlier Iranian rocket barrage on Israeli forces. We ve been anticipating the potential for some Iranian reaction since air strikes that took place a couple of weeks ago against Iranian sites in Syria,  the vice president told Margaret Brennan, moderator of  Face the Nation  in an interview for  CBS This Morning.                                                                                                          Israeli-Iran conflict dramatically escalates          01:31                                                                      On Thursday, the White House released a statement that echoed the vice president s comments, condemning  the Iranian regime s provocative rocket attacks from Syria against Israeli citizens  as a  severe threat to international peace and stability.                                          The vice president sat down early Thursday morning with Brennan for an interview at Joint Base Andrews. Hours earlier, he had been among those greeting three Americans freed from North Korea.The vice president bl stanley quencher amed the Iran nuclear agreement for not checking  the aggressive  Wrmc Joe Sestak Pulls Even With Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania Senate Race, Poll Finds
 A moderate Democrat whose vote could be crucial said Thursday an attempted Senate compromise on abortion is unsatisfactory, raising doubts about whether the chamber can pass President Barack Obama s health care overhaul by Christmas. As it is, without modifications, the language concerning abortion is not sufficient,  Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, a key holdout on the health care bill, said in a statement after first making his concerns known to Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.Nelson said there were positive improvements dealing with teen pregnancy and adoption, and that he was open to further negotiations. But in a radio interview earlier in the day with KLIN in Lincoln, Nebraska, Nelson also said that abortion wasn t his only concern and he didn t see how the Christmas deadline was achievable.                                        The development came with Senate leaders working round the clock trying to finalize their 10-year, nearly $1 trillion bill in time stanley cup  for a final vote on Christmas Eve. Nelson is emerging as a major obst stanley cup acle -- perhaps the only remaining one -- since Democrats need his vote to have the 60  stanley cup necessary to overcome Republican stalling tactics. Senator Reid will continue to work with Senator Nelson and other senators as we work to get 60 votes,  said Reid spokesman Jim Manley.        At the same time, liberals were criticizing the Senate bill for lacking a government-run insurance option, with former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean calling the measure

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 Tom Cotton, one of the Senate s biggest critics of the Iran nuclear talks, warned Sunday that  whatever deal comes out of this weekend, it s going to be dangerous for the United States and dangerous for the world. Cotton, a Republican senator from Arkansas, appeared on CBS   Face the Nation  just as U.S. diplomats told CBS news that there is momentum toward a nuclear deal with Iran and they should know by tonight if one will be possible. Talks have dragged out nearly two weeks past an initial June 30 deadline for a final agreement.                                                                                   vaso stanley                        Will there be an Iranian nuclear deal           01:30                                                                      He made headlines earlier this year when he authored a controversial letter to Iranian leaders warning that Congress could undo any deal they made with President Obama. Despite backlash from Secretary of State John Kerry and others, Cotton defended his actions and said he had  no regrets at all.                                          Now, his principle concern is that the U.S. has  gone way too far down the road of making concessions to Iran.  He said the U.S. has strayed from the original goal of stopping Iran from enriching uranium and developing their nuclear weapon stanley cups s capability, and said the U.S. should have abandoned the talks a stanley cup  long time ago.                                                                               Nwli Eric Adams pushes  joint gang and guns  task force at White House meeting
 In the latest salvo in the war on inconsistency, Barack Obama is being accused of flip-flopping on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.But the presidential race has featured so many alleged flip-flops by either Obama or John McCain mdash; on issues ranging from tax cuts to offshore drilling, wiretapping to campaign cash mdash; that the charge itself is in danger of losing some of its potency. Itrs stanley website quo  becoming increasingly difficult to determine on which issues the candidates have  stanley mugg actually reversed their positions, and whether their shifts were indeed motivated by political expediency  the implication behind most flip-flop charges  or changing circumstances.Politico, in conjunction with PolitiFact, a partnership between the St. Petersburg Times and Congression botella stanley al Quarterly, sorts through the charges to get to the truth of five key flip-flop allegations.                                        Obama on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and offshore drillingObamarsquo  announcement this week that he supports tapping a national stockpile of crude oil reverses a position he articulated as recently as last month, when he asserted that oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve should only be released in case of emergency.        His campaign explained his new position, which calls for releasing 70 million barrels of easy-to-refine light oil, by asserting the situation had reached a tipping point and explaining that Obama would replace the barrels later with heavier crude oil.The shift

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 Nearly two weeks after Senate and House negotiators announced they had a  framework  on policing reform, talks are continuing while Congress is in recess.Negotiations gained momentum after the police officer who killed George Floyd last year was convicted of murder. But the discussio stanley becher ns, led by Demo stanley tumblers cratic Senator Cory Booker, Congresswoman Karen Bass and Republican Senator Tim Scott, stalled over disagreements about litigation against police officers. Complaints from civil rights and law enforcement groups may also threaten any prospect of a deal.Despite setbacks last month and a lack of specificity in the framework, discussions between the key negotiators continued over the weekend, a source familiar with the negotiations told CBS News. Lawmakers remain optimistic about reaching a deal but staff members are still concerned about unresolved disagreements and gaps that still need to be bridged.                                        Democrats want to overhaul qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that shields government officials, including police officers, from being held liable for constitutional violations. But Republicans are unwilling to end the practice, arguing that it would make officers vulnerable to frivolous lawsuits.In March, the House passed the George Floyd Justice in Polici stanley mug ng Act, whichwould eliminatequalified immunity for police officers. However, it is unlikely to pass the Senate, where Democrats would need support from at least 10 Republicans to advance the bil Mgzl Trump and the new politics of honoring war dead
 Geraldine Ferraro, who revealed two days ago that she has blood cancer, told a Senate panel she hopes to survive long enough  to attend the inauguration of the first woman president of the United States. The former Democratic vice presidential candidate was in Washington Thursday urging lawmakers to provide more research money for blood cancer research and to speed up approval of new drugs.She claimed that promising new drugs take up to 10 years to reach the market.                                        Ferraro was diagnosed with multiple myeloma after her doctor detected an elevated white blood cell count during a routine physical exam in 1998.The condition is treatable but incurable.  Multiple myel stanley cup oma leads to death within five years for half of its victims.  Ferraro s condition was detected early, bettering her prognosis.         Hearing that you have a disease that is incurable with an average life span of just three years does make one stop and take notice,  she told Congress.Mixing wit and humor with frontline testimony about her battle against cancer, Ferraro stanley water bottle  drew laughter, tears and applause from the crowd of several hundred people. I am a very lucky woman,  Ferraro told senators.She said that unlike many victims of the illness she has the health i stanley cup nsurance and resources to obtain top health care and also has a supportive family.            Ferraro, 65, was upbeat and self-deprecating, describing how steroids she took early in her treatment made her slightly puffy. Wh

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 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, urged their colleagues in Congress on Thursday to further fund hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico, as the the island continues to struggle months after it was ravaged by Hurricane Maria.Both Gillibrand and Menendez have sizable constituencies from Puerto Rico, and with another government spending deadline fast approaching, they want Congress to provide more funding than it already has. So far, Congress and the Trump administration have signed off on more than $36 billion in disaster relief for Puerto Rico and other disaster-affected areas, and the White House has asked for more. But Puerto Rico says more is still needed.Much of Puerto Rico s residents are still in need of safe drinking water and electricity. As of this week, only 65 percent of the island has elect stanley cups ricity, CBS News  David Begnaud reports.                                         You see families with pain on their faces, who clearly are trying to tell Congress that  we need help,   Gillibrand said.Gillibrand urged her colleagues to pay heed to Puerto Rico s governor, who wants still more federal funding for recovery efforts. Gov. Ricardo Rossello estimates the U.S. Caribbean territory s economy will shrink by about 11 percent by 2019, and its population will dip by about 8 percent, stagg stanley uk ering numbers econom stanley cup ically speaking.        Gillibrand chastised the federal government s response to to Puerto Rico, which critics have characterized  Xfth Obama Steps into Mass. Governor Race to Aid Ally
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 Now in his 12th year as a U.S. House aide, Mitchell Rivard acknowledges he s increasingly worried about the harassment and threats against his colleagues mdash; much more so than in the past. Rivard, t stanley mug he chief of staff to Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee of Michigan, said some of the calls made to his congressional office are at times so intimidating and so threatening that he tries to intervene to spare junior staffers from the hostility of the callers.He said he now advises his staff to transfer these calls to his cellphone and to forward any threatening messages to him.                                          If they re raising their voice, they re using inappropriate language or if they re making you unco stanley cup mfortable, transfer them directly to me,  Rivard told CBS News he has told his colleagues.Rivard says he and a group of his fellow top House aides have held meetings about how to handle the toxic atmosphere of this political moment, which has seen a surge in the number of threats against members of Congress and their offices.          The atmosphere in Congress wasn t amazing when Congressman Kildee got here, but it certainly hasn t gotten any better,  Rivard said.  When it comes to safety and security, I have to think constantly and frequently much more than I ever had before.                 Undated: L-R: Rep. Dan Kildee  D-MI  with his chi stanley cup ef of staff, Mitchell Rivard                                                      Provided by Mitchell Rivard                            Zrjv Pelosi, Reid Extend Olive Branch To Bush
 For his 80th birthday Tuesday, Bob Dole got a U.S. senator and Medal of Honor recipient to sing to him - and received a political institute bearing his name.The dedication of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, though, focused more on Dole s fellow World War II veterans, scores of whom were at the ceremony.Dole called Medal of Honor recipient Jack Lucas to the stage from his front-row seat and introduced the veteran to former President Carter.                                        At the end of the ceremony, Lucas, 75, of Hattiesburg, Miss., and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., led a crowd of about 6,000 in singing  Happy Birthday  to Dole.Among dignitaries praising Dole, a former Kansas senator and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, was Carter, wh stanley cups uk o said,  My respect for Bob Dole as a leader of heroes in peace and wartime has never been shaken.         National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, representing the White House, called Dole  one of the Greatest G stanley thermobecher eneration s highest achievers. Serving in World War II, Dole was gravely wounded in Italy, leaving his right arm all but unusable despite years of therapy. That forced him to switch his focus fr stanley mug om medicine to law and politics.To the veterans, Dole said,  This is your day. This is the America of your making - freer, fairer, more diverse and more truly democratic. Dole noted he spent more than 35 years as a congressman and senator, but added,  No honor that has come my way has ever surpassed t

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