AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
Aug 02 2021
News
New Documents Show Pentagon Rubber-Stamping Police Requests For Military Gear
Last summer, as one city after another broke out in protest against the murder of George Floyd, some of the most enduring images were not of the demonstrators, but of the police: decked out in riot gear, aiming automatic weapons at peaceful crowds, and riding around on armored vehicles built for war.
The crackdowns on protesters renewed furious demands to end a suite of federal programs
HuffPost
Aug 18 2021
News
U.S. Justice Department says Missouri state gun law is unconstitutional
President Joe Biden's Justice Department is stepping up its fight against a new state law in Missouri that aims to invalidate many federal gun regulations, saying the measure has impeded law enforcement efforts to work with state and local police and is also unconstitutional.
On Wednesday, the Justice Department filed a statement of interest in an ongoing lawsuit in Cole County,
Reuters
Apr 07 2015
News
Rand Paul Says ‘I Am Running for President’
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky declared himself a candidate for the Republican nomination for president on Tuesday, aiming to upset the political order in Washington and disprove those in his own party who doubt that a fiercely libertarian conservative can be a serious contender.
New York Times (News)
Aug 02 2021
News
Less than 1% of fully vaccinated people experience a breakthrough Covid-19 infection, analysis finds
Less than 1% of fully vaccinated people experienced a breakthrough infection, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of official state data.
The federal government only reports data on breakthrough infections that result in hospitalization or death.
According to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, less than 0.004% of people who have
CNN Digital
Sep 03 2020
News
Biden to arrive in Kenosha just as the city achieves a fragile calm
A citywide curfew and the threat of arrest had been in place several days here when the inflammatory state of politics and protest in Kenosha began to reveal itself.
Take, for instance, the sword-wielding white woman who arrived in the heart of the protest zone alone on Monday, joining about a dozen stragglers. She banged her two swords against the steel gates encircling the Kenosha
NBC News Digital
Feb 25 2021
Analysis
As CPAC Begins, Trump Still Looms Large
Even though he's no longer president, Trump is set to directly and indirectly dominate the event.
Donald Trump may not be president, but he’s still headlining CPAC.
The former president will once again be the marquee event at the Conservative Political Action Conference beginning Thursday in Orlando, Fla. Trump’s Sunday speech will be his first post-presidential appearance, and
National Review (News)
Apr 29 2021
News
Should corporations take a stand on voting rights?
Some of the biggest companies in the United States have taken forceful stances against Georgia's new election law, which contains several restrictions that voting rights groups say will disproportionately affect Black voters.
The CEOs of Coca-Cola and Delta, two of the biggest companies headquartered in Georgia, released statements condemning the law after a sustained pressure campaign
Yahoo! The 360
May 10 2021
News
Pro-GOP group 'doubles down' on new campaign targeting Pelosi's 'radical' drug plan
A conservative advocacy group that backs Republican causes is expanding a major ad blitz in dozens of congressional districts controlled by House Democrats that targets House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "radical plan" to lower prescription drug prices through government regulation.
The American Action Network (AAN) on Monday is announcing that it’s adding another $1 million to an existing $4
Fox News Digital
Jan 22 2020
News
Supreme Court Split Over Montana Case on Public Funding for Religious Schools
At issue is Montana program that offered up to $150 tax credit to residents who gave like amount to organizations providing scholarships to private schools—and made no distinction between nonreligious, religious institutions.
The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to reinstate a Montana program providing state aid to religious schools, after arguments in which conservative justices
Wall Street Journal (News)
Aug 08 2014
News
Sen. Lamar Alexander defeats tea party challenger
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) easily won his primary on Thursday, defeating a conservative challenger and effectively ending the tea party’s hopes of unseating a Republican senator for the third straight election cycle.
Washington Post