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Sep 30 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Martha’s Vineyard Story Reveals Bias in Left and Right Media
Each week, AllSides Media Bias Alerts examine media bias in coverage of a major or important story using the AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ and our AllSides Media Bias Chart™.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) recently made headlines when he sent dozens of immigrants from Florida to Martha’s Vineyard. The biases of left and right-rated media could be seen in how they covered the story,
Clare AshcraftDec 04 2020
News
Trump orders most American troops to leave Somalia
The Pentagon said Friday it is pulling most U.S. troops out of Somalia on President Donald Trump’s orders, continuing a post-election push by Trump to shrink U.S. involvement in counterterrorism missions abroad.
Without providing details, the Pentagon said in a short statement that “a majority” of U.S. troops and assets in Somalia will be withdrawn in early 2021. There are currently
Associated Press Fact CheckOct 18 2019
News
Did Mulvaney Confirm a Quid Pro Quo between Trump & Ukraine?
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
On Thursday, during a White House press briefing, acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney acknowledged a link between Trump’s decision to hold up military aid to Ukraine and his demand that Kiev investigate the DNC and the 2016 U.S. Abridge NewsMar 15 2020
News
Inside China’s campaign to blame the U.S. for the coronavirus pandemic
As coronavirus cases dwindle in China, and explode across the rest of the world, Beijing is undertaking a campaign to shift blame for the emergence of the disease to a familiar foe — the United States.
The seemingly coordinated effort to, at minimum, sow doubts about the virus’s origin, and, at its most extreme, to directly accuse the U.S. military of creating and spreading the pathogen
MarketWatchOct 21 2015
News
Assad Visits With Putin -- In Moscow
The two leaders discussed the continuation of the military operations against terrorists in Syria.
HuffPostOct 09 2019
News
Turkey launches offensive against Kurdish fighters in Syria
AKCAKALE, Turkey (AP) — Turkey launched a military operation Wednesday against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria after U.S. forces pulled back from the area, with a series of airstrikes hitting a town on Syria’s northern border.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the campaign, which followed an abrupt decision Sunday by U.S. President Donald Trump that
Associated PressDec 03 2019
Opinion
Trump impeachment: House Republicans have a final chance to put the nation first
The evidence is in, and it’s overwhelming: Donald J. Trump abused the power of the presidency and your taxpayer dollars — $391 million in military aid — to pressure a desperate ally to manufacture dirt on his political opponent.
And now we must decide what to do about it.
The Founding Fathers did not leave us helpless to a lawless chief executive; they drafted a Constitution
Eric SwalwellAug 11 2020
News
State Department did not consider civilian casualties when sending arms to the Middle East, report finds
The State Department did not fully consider the risk of civilian casualties when it approved more than $8 billion in arms sales to Middle Eastern countries last year, according to an inspector general report released Tuesday.
Lawmakers asked the IG to investigate the transfer of military equipment to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
PoliticoAug 22 2021
News
Poll Shows 81% Of Americans Support Taking In Afghans Who Assisted U.S.
The vast majority of Americans in both parties support taking in Afghans who assisted the U.S. military during the war in Afghanistan, a new poll found, as more than a half dozen Republican governors express support for taking in Afghan refugees.
KEY FACTS
A CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday found 81% of the 2,142 U.S. adults surveyed said the U.S. should “help those Afghans
ForbesAug 22 2021
News
Biden hasn't ruled out sending more troops to Kabul, national security adviser says
National security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that President Biden hasn't ruled sending more troops to the airport in Kabul, but "at the moment, we believe we have sufficient forces on the ground.”
The big picture: The president's senior national security team made the rounds on the Sunday political talk shows to explain — and defend — the Biden administration's handling of the
Axios