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Caroline Cournoyer

Senior Web Editor

Caroline Cournoyer -- Senior Web Editor. Caroline covered federal policy and politics for CongressNow, the former legislative wire service for Roll Call, has written for Education Week's Teacher Magazine, and learned the ins and outs of state and local government while working as an assistant editor at WTOP Radio.

News in Numbers
500,000
U.S. voters who had their personal information hacked by Russian military intelligence in 2016. Until recently, U.S. officials said only 90,000 voters -- all in Illinois -- had their data breached by Russians.
July 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Who Said That
I am tired of men saying they support women's rights because they are the father of daughters. Why don't you support our rights because we're human beings?
New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, criticizing her opponent, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, for saying that God made him a feminist by giving him three daughters.
July 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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If Roe v. Wade Is Reversed, These States Already Have Laws That Could Ban Abortion
President Donald Trump’s appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court has raised the prospect that a new conservative court majority might consider overturning or weakening the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling establishing a nationwide right to abortion.
July 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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After Judge Orders L.A. Times to Alter Cop Story, Newspaper Protests Unusual Ruling
A federal judge on Saturday ordered the Los Angeles Times to remove information from an article that described a plea agreement between prosecutors and a Glendale police detective accused of working with the Mexican Mafia, a move the newspaper decried as highly unusual and unconstitutional.
July 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Despite Fears of Becoming Kansas, Missouri Cuts Taxes
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday signed a bill that he says will provide both immediate and long-term tax cuts for Missourians.
July 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Mueller Probe: Russian Hackers Stole Half a Million Voters’ Information in 2016
Members of Russian military intelligence attempted to infiltrate local election administration systems during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, stealing the voter information of 500,000 Americans, according to indictments announced Friday by Rod Rosenstein, the U.S. deputy attorney general.
July 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Mayors Seek to Make History in 2020 Presidential Election
No mayor has ever sprung directly from City Hall to the White House.
July 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Race to Be the ‘Craziest’? That's How a Georgia Candidate Thinks of the Primary for Governor.
It has become the “deplorables” moment of the Georgia governor’s race.
July 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
Archive
Chicago Police Release Footage of Fatal Police Shooting That Prompted Protests
Chicago police on Sunday released a snippet of video of a fatal police shooting less than a day after it sparked violent clashes between officers and protesters on the South Side.
July 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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During MLB All-Star Week, D.C. Metro Workers Vote to Strike
About 9,000 Metro workers could soon go on a three-day strike.
July 16, 2018
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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