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Without a hard-line conservative in the race, Reddy and Crnovich haven’t raced to secure an endorsement from Trump, unlike competitive Republican primaries in other states and districts.
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2024
After hard-line Republicans dealt a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday by tanking a routine procedural vote on the bill, the House passed the rule on Friday morning -- teeing up debate, consideration of amendments and a final vote.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Through daily organizing sessions on Zoom and grass-roots campaigning in battleground states, a sprawling new iteration of the pro-Palestinian movement is now propelled both by longtime — and sometimes hard-line — activists and by mainstream pillars of the Democratic coalition.
—Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Decisive days on Capitol Hill, too, where House Speaker Mike Johnson this week has been deciding how – and whether – to finesse opposition from hard-line Republican colleagues and enable a floor vote to unblock $60 billion in U.S. military aid for Kyiv.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
Why countries are pulling funding from the U.N. agency for Palestinians
Feb. 23: Netanyahu outlines hard-line vision for postwar Gaza
After months of pressure, Netanyahu’s office releases his postwar plans for Gaza.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
Arizona's Senate race is pitting a hard-line conservative and a progressive against each other, shaping the race up as one of the biggest rebranding battles of the 2024 election cycle, political insiders told ABC News.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2024
Netanyahu was a hard-line prime minister who had done everything in his power to derail the Oslo peace process and prevent any move toward compromise with the Palestinians.
—Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
The rial's record low came less than a month after a parliamentary election that saw the lowest turnout since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, whose results were dominated by hard-line politicians.
—Amir Vahdat, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2024
After hard-line Republicans dealt a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday by tanking a routine procedural vote on the bill, the House passed the rule on Friday morning -- teeing up debate, consideration of amendments and a final vote.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2024
Through daily organizing sessions on Zoom and grass-roots campaigning in battleground states, a sprawling new iteration of the pro-Palestinian movement is now propelled both by longtime — and sometimes hard-line — activists and by mainstream pillars of the Democratic coalition.
—Sheera Frenkel, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Decisive days on Capitol Hill, too, where House Speaker Mike Johnson this week has been deciding how – and whether – to finesse opposition from hard-line Republican colleagues and enable a floor vote to unblock $60 billion in U.S. military aid for Kyiv.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
Why countries are pulling funding from the U.N. agency for Palestinians
Feb. 23: Netanyahu outlines hard-line vision for postwar Gaza
After months of pressure, Netanyahu’s office releases his postwar plans for Gaza.
—Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
Arizona's Senate race is pitting a hard-line conservative and a progressive against each other, shaping the race up as one of the biggest rebranding battles of the 2024 election cycle, political insiders told ABC News.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2024
Netanyahu was a hard-line prime minister who had done everything in his power to derail the Oslo peace process and prevent any move toward compromise with the Palestinians.
—Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
The rial's record low came less than a month after a parliamentary election that saw the lowest turnout since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, whose results were dominated by hard-line politicians.
—Amir Vahdat, Quartz, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Hard-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-line. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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