George W. Romney

After an anxious night for both Democratic and Republican candidates, Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton win pulling out close wins in Iowa. Due to a very close tie between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, CNN did not confirm Hillary Clinton’s win until around 1pm on Tuesday. "The results tonight are the closest in Iowa Democratic caucus history," Iowa party chairman Andy McGuire said. New Hampshire is the next state to vote on February 9, with Sanders holding a strong lead he is expected to…

States reasons for obstructing or opposing Federal health care reform vary, however, the majority of the time it is based on ideological grounds, typically associated with the Republican party. For example, certain Republican governor’s decisions to refuse Medicaid expansion, are based in the belief that provisions specifically for the poor, like welfare and Medicaid, promote government dependence over self-reliance. As mentioned above, some Republican governors have also refused Medicaid…

Hillary Clinton, the nominated candidate of the democratic party, who is running for presidency. Hillary has had a very influential and vital role in the history of the US politics, from being a lawyer to becoming the First Lady and later on to Secretary of State. She has contributed to importance of education, woman’s right and poverty in the State, having work with thousands of people who have struggle and lived with needs. She also became the First Lady, after her husband Bill Clinton…

Julie Harper Professor Tiffany Soma Political Science 101 November 15, 2017 Current Event: Obama’s Release of Guantanamo Bay Prisoners On President Obama’s third day in office he ordered, “The detention facilities at Guantanamo to be closed "as soon as practicable, and no later than one year from the date of this order” (Rath). This event caused a mix of emotions and opinions among United States citizens, which would be case in all of former President Obama’s orders surrounding Guantanamo Bay…

military confrontation for the USA after Cold war (Lieberfeld, 2005). This action has been argued to be the breaking and rejecting the international law of non-intervention. But, the justification of such action was given by the president of the USA – George W. Bush as following: ‘Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and support evil’, calling Iraq the constituent of ‘axis of evil’ (Baylis et al, 2008). Moreover, Weapons of Mass Destruction of Iraq were a big issue as well. This…

George Soros Push to Transform the State Justice System Progressives led by Soros have trained their sights on electing prosecutors recent election cycles as a strategy to reform the criminal justice system. Besides supporting the presidential and congressional campaigns, a report published by Politico on 08/30/2016 show the longtime Democratic donor George Soros offered more than $3 million to support 7 candidates vying for district attorney positions in 6 states. The move aims to reduce the…

Today, when people hear the term “the better of two evils”, many immediately relate the term to the decision they will have to make on November 8th of this year. On Election Day Americans will be choosing between a crooked Hillary or an arrogant Trump to put this country back on the right track. Too many people fear they just can not trust Hillary Clinton, while others wonder if Trump’s immaturity and temper is suited for the office. Due to both their characters Donald Trump and Hillary…

Written by: Ryan Terrell and Jake Carter Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Coast on August 25th, 2017. Many people were affected by the storm, and many people were left homeless. 70 or more people lost their lives during the storm. Houston had flooded within days after the storm hit the Texas coast. We interviewed Mrs. Jett, and we found out that her brother had been affected during the storm. Her brother lives in Taft, north of Rockport. The storm took a so called “bite” out of the side of his…

After 9/11, insurance companies excluded terrorism coverage from these policies and made it a policy that you must purchase separately. Terrorism Risk Insurance Act The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) of 2002 was signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 26, 2002 to help ensure insurance companies have the ability to provide coverage for terrorism risks. Under the provision, there is shared private and public compensation for insured losses of acts of terrorism. The…

Why did Donald Trump win? That is a question most people have been asking themselves since the night of the election. We all thought we knew what was to happen, Hillary Clinton was going to be the United States of America’s 45th president, as well as our first female president.That night history was destine to be made, good or bad. Though when it was announced that Mr. Trump was our President Elect, the majority of North America was devastated. People did not attend work, children stayed home…