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May 03 2020
Background
Fighting misinformation during a pandemic
Fact-checking and verification were already crucial skills for journalists before the COVID-19 pandemic came along, thanks in part to the rise of Donald Trump and the alt-right’s weaponization of social media. But the coronavirus has made fact-checking and filtering skills even more important, as trolls traffic in rumors about how drinking bleach or taking megadoses of vitamin C can cure the
Columbia Journalism ReviewApr 07 2015
News
Obama: Gov. Scott Walker needs to ‘bone up’ on foreign policy
President Obama and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker traded barbs Monday after the president suggested that the likely Republican presidential candidate "bone up on foreign policy."
Obama made the remarks in an interview with NPR published Monday, responding to a question from reporter Steve Inskeep about Walker's vow to undo a nuclear pact with Iran on his first day in the White House.
Washington PostApr 04 2015
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What Congress could do to block Obama's Iran deal
This week, the US and Iran laid out a framework for the broad strokes of a deal to limit Iran's nuclear program. But now, members of Congress are trying to weigh in — and potentially kill it. Can they?
A proposed bill from Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) would create a path to block Obama from carrying out a key feature of any eventual agreement — lifting the Congressional sanctions on Iran — if
VoxApr 01 2015
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The price of Barack Obama’s Iran muddle
President Barack Obama needs a win in the Middle East. Instead, he’s getting a muddle. Story Continued Below International negotiators in Switzerland ran up against their deadline for the Iran nuclear talks — and then kept on running, insisting that there’s enough reason to believe that maybe they’ll get far enough on Wednesday, or maybe a couple of days after that. How many, they won’t say.
PoliticoSep 14 2013
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U.S. Backs Off Syria Strike for More Talk
The Obama administration took two steps back from its push for a prompt attack on Syria, allowing several weeks more for diplomacy on eliminating Syrian chemical weapons and acknowledging that an eventual United Nations resolution wouldn't threaten force, senior administration officials said.
The reversals on Friday—after a week that began with President Barack Obama insisting that
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 11 2013
News
U.S., Russia Set to Meet on Syria Arms Plan
A hastily assembled negotiation between U.S. and Russian officials is set to open in Geneva on Thursday as Secretary of State John Kerry meets his Russian counterpart to weigh a proposal for removing stockpiles of chemical weapons from the Syrian government's control and forestalling a threatened U.S. military attack.
U.S. officials made clear that they aren't trying to settle one key
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 04 2013
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Senate Committee Votes Yes On Syria Resolution To Bomb Assad
Overcoming reservations from the left, the right and the American public, a Senate committee Wednesday passed a resolution to bomb Syria in retaliation for President Bashar al-Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons.
In a delayed markup of a resolution to authorize the use of military force, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10 to 7, with one present, to let President Barack
HuffPostOct 09 2020
Analysis
Trump Keeps Inciting Domestic Terrorism
One hallmark of the Trump era is that incidents of terrorism are not followed by the traditional calls for national unity but often deepen the partisan divide. On Thursday, federal and state officials announced the arrest of 13 men in Michigan associated with a group called the Wolverine Watchmen on assorted charges of terrorism, conspiracy, and unlawful weapons possession. The most lurid of
The NationMar 15 2015
News
John Kerry Says GOP Letter to Iran Was ‘Wrong’
Secretary of State John Kerry, a day ahead of new nuclear negotiations with Iran, stressed to Tehran’s leadership that President Barack Obama has the power to implement any agreement reached with the country, despite intense opposition from Republican lawmakers in Congress.
Iran’s most powerful political figure, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, expressed reservations this week about
Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 15 2015
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Cotton: 'No regrets' about GOP Iran letter
Sen. Tom Cotton says he has “no regrets” about the Republican Senate letter sent to Iran’s leaders, warning them that any nuclear deal they reach with the United States could be modified by Congress or a future president. “Iran’s leaders need to hear the message loud and clear,” the Arkansas Republican said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” defending a letter he signed with 46 other
Politico