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Jun 24 2020
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Left, Right Coverage Differs on Obama-Era Transgender Rule Reversal
On June 12, the Department of Health and Human Services reversed an Obama-era rule regarding religious freedom and healthcare access for transgender individuals under the Affordable Care Act.
Sources rated as being on either side of the AllSides media bias spectrum reported on the news within days of the HHS decision, and did so in similar proportions. 64% of our “featured” left-rated
Hirsh Joshi
Jan 16 2019
News
Trump's Attorney General Nominee William Barr Tells Senate: Mueller Probe Is No 'Witch Hunt'
President Donald Trump's nominee for US attorney general, William Barr, faced tough questions in his confirmation hearing in the Senate Tuesday.
Barr, who previously served as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush from 1991-1993, told the Senate that he will make sure that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is allowed to finish his investigation of Russian interference in the
CBN
Jan 20 2021
Headline Roundup
Joe Biden Sworn in as 46th US President
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States Wednesday in Washington D.C shortly before noon ET. He took the oath from Chief Justice John Roberts, following Kamala Harris receiving the vice presidential oath from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. In his first remarks following inauguration, Biden said "the will of the people has been heard" and "democracy has
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Jan 17 2017
News
Growing list of Democrats boycotting Trump inauguration
More than 30 House Democrats plan to boycott President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday, casting the Republican businessman as a threat to democracy.
Yahoo News
Nov 03 2017
News
Republican tax plan a blow to Democratic states, officials say
Democratic-leaning states are set to bankroll a big chunk of the tax cuts unveiled in a Republican tax plan on Thursday, as the plan slashes deductions used the most by residents of states that voted against Donald Trump in the 2016 elections.
Reuters
Jul 14 2018
News
After being told of Russia indictments, Trump still aspired to be friends with Putin
Before he embarked on a week of transatlantic diplomacy, President Trump sat down with Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who previewed for the boss an explosive development: The Justice Department would soon indict 12 Russian intelligence officers for hacking Democratic emails to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Washington Post
Oct 05 2020
News
2 justices slam court’s 2015 decision in gay marriage case
The Supreme Court, already poised to take a significant turn to the right, opened its new term Monday with a jolt from two conservative justices who raised new criticism of the court’s embrace of same-sex marriage.
The justices returned from their summer break on a somber note, following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, hearing arguments by phone because of the coronavirus
Associated Press Fact Check
Jan 14 2021
News
Bitter Senate impeachment trial of Trump could bog down Biden's first days
The second impeachment of President Donald Trump by the U.S. House of Representatives, for inciting last week’s deadly rampage at the Capitol, could set off a bitter Senate fight that entangles the early days of President-elect Joe Biden’s term.
Trump, whose turbulent four-year term in office is due to end next Wednesday, became the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice
Reuters
Apr 27 2020
Top Argument
Should Felons Who Have Completed Their Sentence (Incarceration, Probation, and Parole) Be Allowed to Vote?
An estimated 6.1 million people with a felony conviction are barred from voting in elections – a condition known as disenfranchisement. Each state has its own laws on disenfranchisement that range from allowing people with felony convictions to vote from prison to restoring voting rights after completion of some or all of the sentence to banning former felons from voting permanently.
ProCon.org
Jan 14 2021
News
Armed 'militias' are illegal. Will authorities finally crack down if they show up at state capitals next week?
As armed supporters of President Donald Trump prepare to converge on state capitals and Washington, D.C., this weekend and Inauguration Day, some legal experts are calling on authorities to enforce longstanding laws outlawing organized groups that act as citizen-run, unauthorized militias.
Federal law, constitutions in every state, and criminal statutes in 29 states outlaw groups that
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