The Bernie Sanders campaign has moved Hillary Clinton on two key issues: her newly-stated stance on the TPP and the Keystone XL pipeline. Sanders has also had a big impact on progressives running and getting better positions within the party. Jane Kleeb is now the party chair for Democrats in Nebraska, and joins ‘News With Ed’ to discuss Sanders’ campaign and the DNC platform...
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The US Supreme Court has struck down abortion restrictions in Texas known as HB2, which required abortion providers to have admitting privileges at local hospitals and facilities similar to surgical outpatient centers. For more on this, Terry O’Neall, president of the National Organization for Women, joins “News With Ed.” O’Neall calls the move a “huge setback for the anti-women, anti-abortion lobby” who has been trying to “kill Roe v. Wade through this death by a thousand cuts...
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Both President Barack Obama and Donald Trump have weighed in on the Brexit referendum to varying degrees. With their reactions to the US politcos’ comments on Brexit and how the vote may impact US-UK relations, former Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik and broadcaster for Talk2meradio.com Jon Gaunt join RT America’s Ed Schultz and RT’s Bill...
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Some 4,800 nurses from the Minnesota Nurses Association have started a 7-day strike in Minneapolis, affecting five hospitals in the area. To discuss what is at the heart of this industrial action, Rose Roach, executive director of the Minnesota Nurses Association, joins ‘News with Ed’. Her view is that the striking nurses are being forced to give up their employer’s healthcare...
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The US Senate voted down four gun-control measures including bills that would have required background checks for firearms purchased online and at gun shows, and a ban on the sale of firearms to those on terrorist watch lists. Polls show most Americans are in favor of these moves. With Donald Trump being the most populist of the candidates, should he be championing these gun-control policies? To discuss gun control and the firing of Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, radio talk show host Mark Simone and conservative talk show host Andrea Kaye join ‘News with Ed’. When it comes to...
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