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Oct 24 2022
News
Justice Thomas temporarily blocks Graham subpoena from Georgia grand jury
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday temporarily halted a subpoena issued by an Atlanta-area grand jury seeking Sen. Lindsey Graham’s testimony in its probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.
Thomas issued an order that will stay the Fulton County court’s subpoena “pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court.” The justice, who supervises the
PoliticoJan 03 2023
News
Trump, bogged down by legal woes, demands Justice Department investigate Biden
Former President Donald Trump called for a new Justice Department investigation into President Joe Biden, even as he himself is staring down multiple federal investigations to start the new year.
Trump cited a Freedom of Information Act complaint lawsuit filed by Colorado attorney Kevin Evans against the DOJ in March. Evans told Fox Business that he originally filed a FOIA request "
Washington ExaminerJan 06 2023
Perspectives Blog
How Twitter Became the Pentagon’s War Propaganda Tool
This piece originally appeared on Upward News, which AllSides rates as Lean Right.
The scoop: At the request of the Pentagon, Twitter knowingly allowed the U.S. military to host fake accounts to spread propaganda overseas for at least five years. Despite its policies against deceptive state-run accounts, Twitter put U.S. accounts on a special “whitelist” granting immunity while it
Upward News Editorial TeamApr 04 2023
Perspectives Blog
How Major News Sites Covered Trump's Indictment and Arraignment
Former President Donald Trump’s indictment and arraignment were top stories across the political spectrum in the past week. Sensationalism and partisan bias were rampant.
To document this coverage, AllSides collected screenshots of homepages from six news outlets — CNN (Left bias), Fox News (Right bias), The New York Times (Lean Left bias), Huffpost (Left bias), Breitbart (Right bias
AllSides StaffNov 09 2022
News
Minimum Wage In US: Nebraska Among States That Voted For Higher Rate
Nebraska voters approved a minimum wage hike in the midterm elections on Tuesday.
Initiative 433, which was approved by 59%, calls for annual raises of the minimum wage for the next four years to help offset costs from inflation.
The initiative will raise the minimum wage by $1.50 for the next four years, increasing the state's current $9-per-hour wage to a minimum of $15 per
International Business TimesNov 16 2022
News
US midterms: Republicans narrowly win back the House
Republicans have secured the 218 seats needed to win a majority in the lower chamber of the US Congress, the BBC's US partner CBS News projects.
The party's majority in the House of Representatives is razor-thin, but it is enough to stall President Joe Biden's agenda for the next two years.
It marks a return to divided government, with Democrats still retaining power in the
BBC NewsOct 06 2022
Opinion
“Shockingly baseless”: Legal experts mock “bad faith, unethical” Trump lawsuit trying to silence CNN
Former President Donald Trump on Monday filed a lawsuit accusing CNN of defamation, seeking $475 million in punitive damages.
The 29-page suit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, accuses of CNN playing a part in a "campaign of dissuasion in the form of libel and slander against the Plaintiff," that "escalated" recently as the TV network "
SalonMay 24 2021
Fact Check
Senate GOP misrepresents Jan. 6 riot panel
With a showdown vote looming, Senate Republicans are misrepresenting the timeline of a proposed independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection.
The House easily approved the bill last week with 35 Republicans signing on. But the measure faces an uncertain fate in the evenly divided Senate. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is opposed and former
Associated Press Fact CheckOct 18 2022
News
Amazon workers vote against unionizing at upstate NY warehouse
Amazon warehouse workers near Albany, N.Y., have voted no to a union, delivering a blow to the fledgling effort to organize employees at one of the country's largest employers.
More than 900 Amazon employees were eligible to vote on whether to join the upstart Amazon Labor Union, run by current and former Amazon warehouse workers unaffiliated with traditional unions. The vote tally was
NPR (Online News)Dec 09 2022
News
Bernie Sanders Will Take A ‘Hard Look’ At Running For President If Biden Doesn’t, Adviser Says
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont will consider running for president for a third time in 2024 should President Joe Biden decline to run, according to an adviser on Thursday.
“I assume that he would give it a hard look … I don’t want to make the judgment for him. Obviously, it would be his choice to make. But I assume that he would want to reevaluate it,” said Faiz Shakir, one
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