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Republicans Aim to Take Back the Senate
We hear how the country's political future might depend on elections in some obscure states that are currently too close to call.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenRepublicans have their best chance in eight years of taking over the Senate, but they just might lose their own Senate leader. We hear how the country's political future might depend on elections in some obscure states that are currently too close to call. Also, the West and Kremlin eye Pro-Russian protestors, and the genocide in Rwanda 20 years later.
Banner image: Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) holds a gun at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference. Photo: Gage Skidmore
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3 storiesThe West and Kremlin Eye Pro-Russian Protestors
In several eastern Ukrainian cities, pro-Russian demonstrators seized government buildings yesterday. In demonstrations that appear to be coordinated, they're demanding a referendum like the one that stirred international outrage last month in Crimea.
Read the story8 minUS Senate Elections that Could Make a Difference
Republicans and Democrats are calling each other "brain dead," "un-American," "tools of special interests" and "enemies of the Middle Class," par for the course during midterm elections. But this year the stakes are nothing less than control of the Senate during President Obama's final two years.
Read the story35 minRwanda, 20 Years after the Genocide
In Rwanda, Hutu extremists massacred at least 800,000 people — most of them members of the minority Tutsi tribe. Today, the country is observing the 20th anniversary of the genocide.
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