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Feb 22 2022
News
Russia-Ukraine: Germany stopping Nord Stream 2 pipeline approval
Germany is going to "reassess" the certification of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in response to Russia's actions toward Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday.
The 764-mile pipeline that would carry natural gas from Russia to Germany has not begun operating. Nord Stream 2 is owned and operated by a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia state company Gazprom.
Earlier this month,
Fox BusinessNov 25 2022
Perspectives Blog
What the Left and Right are Saying About the Club Q Shooting
On Saturday, Nov. 19, close to midnight, a 22-year-old suspect entered an LGBTQ+ club called Club Q in Colorado Springs, shot and killed five people, and wounded several more. Here’s how coverage of the shooting has differed on the left and right.
What the Left Is Saying Said Lauren Boebert and other conservatives spread anti-LGBTQ hate that contributed to the shooting Clare AshcraftAug 04 2022
Opinion
Even in Success, Why Biden’s Victory Lap Will be Short
When the word began to spread on the first day in May 11 years ago, you could almost sense a collective catching of breath. Was it true that the most hated man in America, the man who had sent jet airplanes crashing into public buildings killing thousands, the man who had successfully launched the first attack on the American mainland since the War of 1812, had in fact been brought to justice
PoliticoMar 02 2022
News
State of the Union
“Addressing a concerned nation and anxious world, President Joe Biden vowed in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to check Russian aggression in Ukraine, tame soaring U.S. inflation and deal with the fading but still dangerous coronavirus.” (AP News)
Many on both sides are disappointed that Biden did not use the speech to offer a new agenda.
The Flip Side
Jun 28 2022
Analysis
Joe Biden Clashes With Progressives Over Supreme Court Expansion
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday has prompted calls to reform the nation's highest court to ensure that its decisions are fair and balanced.
Some Democrats favor expanding the number of seats in the court to restore what many Americans say is a loss of legitimacy. Although the court currently has a conservative majority of 6-3, President Joe Biden has said
NewsweekFeb 08 2022
Analysis
How to punish Russia for Ukraine
The United States has threatened to sanction Russia if it invades Ukraine.
But, what, exactly those sanctions might look like — and how punishing they might be — will depend not just on what Russia does, but on the costs the United States and its allies, especially in Europe, are prepared to withstand.
This is the dilemma facing the United States, which has ruled out deploying
VoxJun 05 2022
Opinion
The Silenced Students in the “Free Speech” Debate
The nearly 650 comments on the Young America’s Foundation’s April 6 tweet are laced with venom. The post is a video of Lukas Tucker, a first-year student at the University of North Carolina–Greensboro (UNCG) who filmed a peacekeeping message to the university community ahead of Ben Shapiro’s visit to campus.
“This is an illness.”
“Another fatherless child.”
“Freak.”
The NationApr 04 2022
News
Texas, 9 other state AGs sign open letter against Jackson Supreme Court nom: 'soft on crime,' child porn
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his counterparts in nine other states on Monday signed an open letter to the U.S. Senate opposing Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson over what they say is a years-long record of going soft on criminals who possess child pornography.
The ten state attorneys general signed the letter to Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Ranking
Fox News DigitalMar 03 2022
News
Jan. 6 committee says it has evidence Trump committed crimes in bid to overturn election
The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riots says it has evidence that former President Donald Trump and his campaign team committed crimes in their efforts to overturn the presidential election results.
The Democratic-dominated special committee made the charge in court filings made public late Wednesday.
“The Select Committee also has a good-faith basis for
Washington TimesMay 27 2022
News
Uvalde shooting: Texas police change key details as criticism mounts
Police made the "wrong decision" by failing to storm a classroom in Robb Elementary School as a gunman killed 19 children inside, the chief Texas safety official has said.
"If I thought it would help, I would apologise," Steven McCraw said during a heated press conference Friday.
He confirmed a 40 minute gap from the police unit's arrival to when they entered the classroom.
BBC News