Washington Made DC Capital 1790 and More On This Day
On this date in 1790 Congress designated the District of Columbia as the U.S. capital. Other notable events include the 1918 execution of the Romanov family, Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye published in 1951, and Saddam Hussein becoming Iraq’s president in 1979.
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George Washington
District of Columbia
United States
Nicholas II
Yekaterinburg
Russia
J.D. Salinger
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Andrea del Sarto
Roald Amundsen
Barbara Stanwyck
Ginger Rogers
Tony Kushner
Debt deal standoff deepens as Obama derides GOP tactics
President Obama scolded House Republicans led by Eric Cantor for refusing to back a compromise on the debt ceiling. He warned Aug 2 default threats and urged a $1.7 trillion package with budget cuts but no new revenue. McConnell warned the GOP brand could suffer.
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Barack Obama
Obama
House
Eric Cantor
Ronald Reagan
Cantor
Congress
United States
Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke
Bernanke
Beijing
China
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Social Security Trust Fund
U.S. Civil Service Retirement Fund
Senate
Mitch McConnell
Quinnipiac University
McConnell
Wall Street
Main Street
Regulators Slow to Implement Wall Street Reform One Year On
The piece laments one year since the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and notes hundreds of rulemakings pending across agencies. It cites lobbying by financial interests, calls for CFTC limits on speculators, and urges faster, correct implementation to curb consumer costs and market abuses. Bart Chilton, commissioner, is quoted.
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Wall Street
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Ity Futures Trading Commission
Tom Petty
Religion and faith in 2012 elections
Cal Thomas argues that religious background should not disqualify candidates and weighs how evangelicals view Mormon and Christian hopefuls. He compares Romney Huntsman Pawlenty Bachmann with past presidents, insisting competence matters over faith while noting historical shifts and cautions about religious influence in politics.
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Mitt Romney
Jon Huntsman
Tim Pawlenty
Michele Bachmann
Romney
Huntsman
Jimmy Carter
Carter
America
Barack Obama
Chicago
Jeremiah Wright
Ronald Reagan
Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
Anthony Kennedy
Reagan
Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
West
Obama health care story judged partly false about mother’s death
The White House did not challenge NYT book claims that Ann Dunham’s cancer treatment was covered by insurance, contradicting Obama’s past depiction of her denial. Janny Scott’s reporting shows Dunham’s policy paid but disability coverage was denied, altering the narrative Obama used to push reform.
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Barack Obama
New York Times
White House
Obama
Ann Dunham
Dunham
America
Janny Scott
Nicholas Papas
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