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Mar 24 2015
News
Obama: Let's Face It, Obamacare is Blowing Away Expectations
Yesterday marked the five year anniversary of Obamacare, a bad law that ought to be repealed. Its defenders jump through hoops to declare it a "success," ignoring empirical data while dragging goalposts for miles, hoping that Americans will forget the central promises upon which it was sold and rammed through Congress. In the positive column, the law does appear to have reduced the ranks of
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Aug 13 2021
Opinion
July inflation report is bad news for consumers — again
Since President Joe Biden entered the Oval Office, inflation in America has become a persistent problem.
In fact, inflation has steadily risen from 1.7% in January to 5.4% in both June and July.
Sadly, this is bad news for consumers, who are more than aware that their money isn’t going as far as it did just a few months ago.
Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “The all
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Dec 10 2020
News
FDA advisers recommend the first Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in the US
An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration has voted 17 to 4, with 1 abstention, to recommend emergency use authorization to the first vaccine for Covid-19 in the United States.
The highly anticipated vote means health workers facing high exposure to the disease and residents of long-term care facilities could start receiving the first doses of the two-dose vaccine,
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Apr 12 2022
Background
Voter ID Laws
A total of 35 states have laws requesting or requiring voters to show some form of identification at the polls. Scroll over the map below for state-by-state details.
Notes: On March 18, 2022, Act 249, which passed in 2021 and made changes to Arkansas's voter ID law, was deemed unconstitutional. On April 6, 2022, Montana SB 169, enacted in 2021, was deemed unconstitutional. Appeals in
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Mar 26 2020
News
2020 Tokyo Olympics Postponed
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
After weeks of uncertainty, the International Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday that the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo would be postponed due to concerns around the coronavirus pandemic. The Games have been Abridge News![](https://www.allsides.com/sites/default/files/bias-allsides-new-12_0.png)
Aug 07 2022
Analysis
Post Roe, some in GOP wage uphill battle to offer families more support
As the country processed the fall of Roe v. Wade, a few dozen GOP congressional staffers crammed into the second floor of the Monocle, a steak and seafood restaurant a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. Over a buffet lunch, they listened to Samuel Hammond, an outside adviser to Sen. Mitt Romney, argue that Republicans have a heightened obligation to expand financial support for families now
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Jan 27 2020
Opinion
Senators must honor their oaths at Trump impeachment trial, just like I did for Clinton
To all who serve in the world’s greatest deliberative body and believe it must live up to that description: Don't let history’s verdict be a question mark or an asterisk.
The framers of the Constitution purposely and thoughtfully put the solemn responsibility of impeachment trials in the hands of the Senate, where they envisioned people of courage and conviction weighing facts and
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Sep 10 2012
News
Paul Ryan Tries To Defend Mitt Romney's Russia Remark (VIDEO)
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Sunday attempted to defend Mitt Romney's misguided declaration earlier this year that "Russia is without question" the United States' "number one geopolitical foe."
Ryan said on CBS' "Face the Nation" that he believes Iran is the country's greatest political foe, but that Romney was only considering China and Russia when he made his remark. "I think what he
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Feb 05 2014
News
Republicans Warn Obama: Halt Deportations, And We Might Halt Immigration Reform
As activists continue their calls for President Barack Obama to suspend deportations, Republicans warned Tuesday that doing so could kill the chances for a more permanent solution.
"If you stop enforcing the law, that would build into the narrative that you can't trust him," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said, referring to Obama. "If he stopped deporting people who are clearly here
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Jan 10 2016
News
Gas prices could drop toward $1 a gallon
In some gas stations around the country, the price of a gallon of regular has dropped below $1.42. AAA and GasBuddy, two organizations that follow gasoline prices, say that gasoline prices below $2 will not be unusual in most of the United States. As oil prices fall, and refinery capacity stays strong, the price of gas could reach $1 a gallon in some areas, a level last reached in 1999. As a
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