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Sep 06 2019
News
University of Alabama Dean of Students Resigns After Breitbart Publishes Story About His Tweets
The dean of students at the University of Alabama has resigned a day after the far-right website Breitbart News published a story focused on the black academic’s observations about racism in America. Breitbart, which has called Trump critics “renegade Jews,” described young Muslims as “ticking time bombs,” voiced proud support of the Confederate flag, and hosted a section dedicated to “black
SlateSep 09 2013
News
Kerry says Assad could prevent U.S. action by handing over chemical weapons
Secretary of State John Kerry said the regime of President Bashar al-Assad could prevent possible U.S. military action by handing over its chemical weapons, as President Barack Obama mounts an intensive campaign to promote a strike on Syria.
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 09 2020
Analysis
A Contested 2020 Election Would Be Way Worse Than Bush v. Gore
It’s Wednesday, Nov. 4, and the vote count is too close to call. Neither President Trump nor former Vice President Joe Biden is conceding defeat, recounts are being conducted, disputes over recounts are being lodged, and a court case will soon be making its way to the Supreme Court of the United States. Trump has voiced his belief that there is widespread ballot fraud and as a result there’s
538 (ABC News)Oct 20 2012
News
Obama Turns From Jokes to Jab About 'Romnesia'
After an evening spent in white ties and tails at the Al Smith dinner gently ribbing each other, the tone of those jokes today turned much more pointed, as the two men readied for their third and final debate in Florida on Monday.
ABC News (Online)Jul 04 2022
Perspectives Blog
When Democrats Pretend That Abortion Rights Are Imminent
From the CenterOne would think that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade would set off a four-alarm emergency among pro-choice advocates, who would pull out all the stops to maintain national protections for abortion rights. So why are Democratic Party leaders content with ringing only two alarms and pulling out only some of the stops? Shortly after the Court acted,
Dan SchnurAug 06 2014
News
Civilian or Not? New Fight in Tallying the Dead From the Gaza Conflict
Inside the Health Sciences Library at Al-Shifa Hospital here, a small team spent the war crunching numbers. Stuck to their laptops were a statistician, a graphic designer, a data-entry specialist and an issuer of death certificates, some of whom spent nights sleeping in their straight-backed chairs.
New York Times (News)Jan 23 2015
News
Saudi King Abdullah Dead at Age of 90
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, the powerful U.S. ally who joined Washington’s fight against al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom with incremental but significant reforms, including nudging open greater opportunities for women, has died, according to Saudi state TV. He was 90.
The BlazeAug 27 2013
News
Obama administration lays groundwork for probable military strike against Syria
The Obama administration readied Tuesday for a probable military strike against Syria, assembling allied backing and collecting an important Arab endorsement of its view that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is almost certainly to blame for an alleged mass gassing of civilians.
Washington PostMay 15 2021
Headline Roundup
Israel Strikes Home of Hamas Leader, Building With Several Media Bureaus
On Saturday, an Israeli airstrike targeted Gaza city in an area that includes the home of a Hamas leader and an 11-story building that housed an Associated Press bureau and an Al Jazeera bureau. The building allegedly held “military assets belonging to the military intelligence of the Hamas terror organization,” Israeli authorities said, according to Al Jazeera. Israeli authorities reportedly
The Guardian Associated Press The Daily CallerMar 19 2015
Opinion
Another Red Line? Reports Indicate Syria Used Chemical Weapons in Attack
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is brazenly challenging the latest U.S.-led effort to stop him from using chemical weapons and the Barack Obama administration has yet to say if it will do anything about it.Two weeks ago the U.S. got the United Nations Security Council to...
Newsmax (News)