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Jun 08 2014
News
Obama Plans Steps to Ease Student Debt
President Obama on Monday will take executive actions to ease the burden of college loan debt for potentially millions of Americans, in a White House event coinciding with Senate Democrats’ plans for legislation to address a concern of many voters in this midterm election year.
Before an East Room audience, Mr. Obama is scheduled to announce “new steps to further lift the burden of
New York Times (News)Feb 27 2019
News
FactChecking Sanders’ CNN Town Hall
In a televised town hall, newly announced presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders repeated several misleading claims that we have written about in the past.
Sanders said Trump sought to “throw 32 million people off of the health care they had.” But that figure includes some who would choose to no longer purchase insurance if the individual mandate penalty were removed — which
FactCheck.orgMay 08 2013
News
Poll: Obama Approval Up, Effectiveness Down; GOP In Doldrums
President Obama's job approval has inched up in recent weeks, but the percentage of Americans who say they believe he is effective has taken a hit, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday.
And while the image of Republican leadership remains "deeply negative," and continues bearing the brunt of the blame for Washington gridlock, the survey found that the GOP runs
NPR (Online News)Mar 25 2015
News
Supreme Court Rejects Ruling That Upheld Alabama's Gerrymandering
The U.S. Supreme Court called a district court ruling that upheld Alabama's redistricting plan, which overloaded some districts with black Democrats, "legally erroneous." In a 5-to-4 ruling, the justices rejected the ruling and sent it back to the lower court.
Justice Steven Breyer, who delivered the opinion, was joined by the court's other liberals, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia
NPR (Online News)Nov 05 2014
News
Can Obama, GOP Leaders Find a Way to Work Together?
Many Obstacles Stand in the Way—for Both Sides—in the Final Two Years of the Presidency. President Barack Obama will awake Wednesday morning with the need to get something done to burnish his troubled legacy—but significantly diminished leverage in both parties as he tries to do so.
Within his own Democratic party, Mr. Obama will be blamed for much of the carnage suffered in Tuesday’s
Wall Street Journal (News)Oct 21 2020
Perspectives Blog
Trump vs. Biden Quick Links: Immigration
Here's a brief overview of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden's stances on immigration, plus quick links to articles covering the topic from across the political spectrum as determined by AllSides Media Bias Ratings.
Trump:President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda promises to block non-citizens from becoming eligible for taxpayer-funded welfare, healthcare, and free college
AllSides StaffMar 24 2015
News
Ted Cruz: Hillary Clinton’s wrecking ball
Hillary Clinton’s embattled pre-campaign team breathed a sigh of relief Monday as a central player in their grand strategy to win the White House strode boldly onto the 2016 battlefield. His name? Rafael Edward Cruz, the Republican junior senator from Texas. Story Continued Below Democrats from both inside and outside the Clinton camp have groused for months that the all-but-certain candidate
PoliticoSep 03 2016
Opinion
UChicago's anti-safe spaces letter isn’t about academic freedom. It’s about power.
A letter from the University of Chicago’s dean of students to the incoming students of the class of 2020 has been making the rounds on social media the past few days. Its purpose, I guess, was to let those students know they were in for a real education. More of a full-on broadside than a welcome letter, the dean let the incoming students know that the university is totally committed to
VoxDec 13 2019
News
Kentucky’s Republican Governor Pardons Hundreds, Including Convicted Murderers and Rapists, Before Leaving Office
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s term came to an end Tuesday, but not before the Republican took one final chance to kick the concept of justice in the shins on the way out the door by issuing a slew of highly controversial pardons. Since his narrow loss to Democrat Andy Beshear just over a month before departing, Bevin issued 428 pardons, a number to violent criminals, including, the Louisville
SlateDec 13 2019
News
Anti-Semitism EO
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order aimed at combating anti-Semitism on college campuses. The order states, “While Title VI does not cover discrimination based on religion, individuals who face discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin do not lose protection under Title VI for also being a member of a group that shares common religious practices
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