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Political roundup: March 2016

Matt Higginson
The Medium Blog

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1. The White House launches a publication to document and discuss President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Cuba.

2. Mitt Romney takes aim at Donald Drumpf and publishes his remarks on the state of the 2016 race, while Carly Fiorina endorses Ted Cruz.

3. Hillary Clinton pays tribute to the activists and campaigners who led the fight against HIV and AIDS in the 1980s.

4. Vice President Biden introduces Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland to Medium.

5. Senator Tim Scott celebrates Women’s History Month by paying tribute to two women who shaped his life: his mother and Mary McLeod Bethune.

Mary McLeod Bethune with girls from the Literary and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, 1905.

6. Senator Bob Casey makes the case for fill Antonin Scalia’s vacant seat on the Supreme Court, while Senate Republicans point towards a double standard.

7.Kevin McCarthy discusses the importance of innovation in government as Senator Cory Booker calls for more innovation in the Senate.

8. Senator Kelly Ayotte talks about her efforts in the Congress to fight the heroine epidemic in New Hampshire.

9. Criminal Justice Reform stalls in the Senate, so Senator Chris Coons urges action and discusses his perspective and the implications for African-American in Delaware.

10. Following the bombings in Brussels that shocked the world, Senator Chris Murphy details four recommendations for fighting terror.

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