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To get you started, here are five top important topics rounded-up from January:
1. The travel ban for refugees and immigrants
Donald Trump issued a flurry of…
The last few weeks — give or take
1. Senator Cory Booker shares his norm-breaking testimony against the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. Senator Amy Klobuchar also expresses her opposition to Sessions. The Transition Team for President-elect Trump paints a different picture of Senator Sessions’ background and qualifications.
2. Pete Souza revisits his favorite photographs taken in the final year of Obama’s White House.
3. President Barack Obama publishes a final letter to his fellow Americans along with his final public speech as the 44th President of the United States. Michelle Obama publishes her final remarks as well.
4. Vice President Biden shares his final…
The last two weeks in politics
1.Rep. Tulsi Gabbard shares the details of her unexpected meeting with President-elect Donald Trump.
2.After Fidel Castro’s passing, Senator Jeff Flake calls for a continued policy of engagement — not isolation — that will accelerate change in Cuba.
3. Rep. Keith Ellison makes his case for what he would do as the next DNC chair.
4. Senator Ben Sasse responds to analysis from Nate Silver on which senators are likely to support and oppose the president-elect.
5. Kamala Harris recaps her first week in Washington as the senator-elect from California.
The last two weeks in politics on Medium
1. Hillary Clinton says “thank you” to her supporters and urges them not to give up and grow weary.
2. Elizabeth Warren declares she will work with President-elect Trump if he wants to help middle-class families, but she and Democrats will fight bigotry and work to protect Americans’ human rights.
3. Senator Jeff Flake shares his thoughts on election day, promising to sustain and support whomever his new president is.
4. In his successful race for Missouri governor, Eric Greitens hits back on his record of military service.
5. Senator-elect Kamala Harris thanks her supporters for their help in winning…
The last month in politics on Medium
1.Senator Amy Klobuchar shares what she would have liked to have done with Bernie Sanders on his weekday visit to Minnesota.
2. President Barack Obama writes in The Economist on the way ahead for continued economic growth.
3. Rep. Adam Kinzinger says it’s not too late to act in Syria, and Senator John McCain says we need to stop Assad now or expect years of war.
4. Throughout the month, Senator Tim Scott shares stories celebrating several cancer survivors.
5. Ahead of the vice-presidential debate, Senator Tim Kaine reminds Virginians of their power to decide this election.
6. Senator Tammy…
The last two weeks in politics on Medium
1. Senator Bernie Sanders says that Wells Fargo is a perfect example of Wall Street’s corrupt business model.
2. Senator John Cornyn says that the president’s reasons for vetoing the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) don’t add up.
3. Hillary Clinton tells stories about three women who have changed her life and then shares what she’s learned as a working mother while laying out her policies around paid family leave, equal pay, and affordable child care.
4. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse asks if the next Supreme Court justice will restore balance to an overwhelmingly pro-business court.
The last two weeks in politics
1. Senator Tim Kaine shares a story on Labor Day about his experience growing up and working in his father’s ironworking shop in Kansas City. He also details a plan to address the mental health crisis.
2. Senator Pat Toomey and former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge make the case for maintaining U.S. sanctions against Iran and put a fine point on their grievances with the Iran Deal.
3. President Barack Obama joins Chinese President Xi Jinping in Hangzhou to sign the Paris Agreement, citing it as “the most ambitious climate change agreement in history,” while Ambassador Susan Rice…
The last two weeks in politics
1. In celebration of the 100th birthday of the National Parks Service, The White House photographer Pete Souza shares a photo essay of the President’s memorable visits to national parks.
2. Sen. Chuck Grassley answers a few questions regarding his review into the EpiPen pricing hike.
3. In a four-part series, the U.S. Dept. of Education shares the story of 17-year-old Justin Mesteth, who recently started his first week at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and the adults who helped raised him on Pine Ridge Reservation.
4. Rep. Gus Bilirakis calls for a “simpler, fairer and flatter” tax code that will…
The latest in politics on Medium
1. Gov. Gary Johnson makes the case for his candidacy, talking to voters “who want a candidate to vote for — not just someone to vote against.”
2. Hillary Clinton writes to young people who are undocumented, encourages them to apply for DACA benefits, and says she plans to introduce immigration reform in her first 100 days in office.
3. Rep. John Shimkus writes about the importance of the NATO alliance and how it has preserved freedom and security for countries around the world.
4. United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro writes about expanding the nation’s…
The last two weeks in politics on Medium
1. Hillary Clinton announces her vice presidential pick and shares why she chose Tim Kaine. Senator Tim Kaine responds and introduces himself to the world.
2.The second half of July brought us the GOP Convention and the DemConvention, with tons of speeches and plenty of red, white and blue. The RNC published all the speeches from Cleveland here, and the DNC shared most of their speeches in their publication here.
3.Meanwhile, Libertarian presidential candidate Gov. …
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