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May 08 2023
Headline Roundup
Fact Check: Did Antony Blinken Lie to Congress About Hunter Biden Emails?
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) accused Secretary of State Antony Blinken of lying to congress regarding his previous contact with President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. Is this true?
Claim: Speaking on Fox News, Johnson claimed that Blinken “lied boldface to Congress about never emailing Hunter Biden” during a voluntary interview with the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and
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Jun 25 2021
Analysis
How risky is ‘gain of function’ research? Congress scrutinizes China.
As questions mount over whether the COVID-19 pandemic could have started with a Chinese lab leak, members of Congress are shining a bright spotlight on controversial virus research often referred to as “gain of function.”
Lawmakers are increasingly concerned that researchers who experiment with viruses in an effort to understand them and avert future pandemics could end up making them
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Nov 10 2021
Perspectives Blog
Doing Our Own Due Diligence as Parents on the COVID-19 Vaccine for Children
From the RightThis article was originally published in Meridian Magazine and is republished here with permission from the author.
After the data submitted by Pfizer for its COVID-19 vaccine for children received a thumbs up by the FDA panel last week, the anticipated nudging of parents began.
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Aug 11 2021
Headline Roundup
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Suspended By YouTube Over COVID-19 Mask Claims
YouTube suspended Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for seven days on Tuesday night over a video where he claimed that cloth masks are ineffective against COVID-19. Paul said in the video that "most of the masks you get over the counter don’t work," but added that he has "always said" that N-95 masks work. The senator then pointed to how Dr. Fauci "knew that too," but originally "lied to the public"
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Sep 26 2023
Headline Roundup
Hunter Biden Sues Rudy Giuliani Over Laptop Data
Hunter Biden has sued Rudy Giuliani and his lawyer, Robert Costello, for allegedly hacking data from his laptop.
Key Details: The federal lawsuit claims that Giuliani and Costello tampered with and manipulated data on an external hard drive associated with Biden's laptop, which Biden abandoned at a Delaware repair shop in 2019. Biden's attorneys say those actions violate the federal
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Jan 18 2024
Headline Roundup
Dueling Pakistani and Iranian Strikes Raise Fears of Middle East Conflict
Pakistan and Iran launched military strikes against separatist militants in each other’s territories this week, raising renewed fears of a broader regional conflict in the Middle East.
The Details: Pakistan said its “precision military strikes” hit Baloch (sometimes spelled “Baluch”) separatist “terrorists” in Iran’s Siestan-o-Baluchestan province; Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned
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Aug 18 2021
Perspectives Blog
Emotion is a big part of how you assess risk – and why it’s so hard to be objective about pandemic precautions
This piece originally appeared on The Conversation, which AllSides rates as Center. It was written by Sheldon H. Jacobson, a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The writer's bias has not been rated.
People tend to overestimate or underestimate risk. The pandemic brings this into stark relief. Picture someone wearing
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Feb 09 2024
Headline Roundup
Israel Prepares to Assault Rafah, Seeking Hamas' Remaining Battalions Among Scores of Refugees
Israel launched airstrikes targeting Hamas in the city of Rafah — on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt — despite warnings from the Biden administration and others against hitting the densely-populated refugee destination.
For Context: Previous fighting in population centers like Gaza City and Khan Younis led hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees to flee south, often arriving in
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Jun 07 2023
Headline Roundup
Former Intelligence Officer Claims US Possesses 'Non-Human' Craft
A former intelligence officer involved in the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force is claiming covert programs possess “intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin” and have withheld the findings from Congress.
Whistleblower Details: Originally reported in The Debrief (Not Rated), David Charles Grusch, the whistleblower, worked previously on investigations into
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