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May 31 2022
Headline Roundup
Sussmann Acquitted of Lying to FBI in First Durham Probe Trial
A jury acquitted Clinton-linked attorney Michael Sussmann on Tuesday of lying to the FBI in the first trial to result from special counsel John Durham's investigation.
The jury deliberated on Friday afternoon and Tuesday morning after a two-week trial. It ultimately ruled that Durham’s team had not proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Sussmann lied in September 2016 when he told James
Politico Reuters New York Post (News)Mar 12 2019
News
Pelosi Says It's 'Just Not Worth It' to Impeach Trump, but These Democrats Aren't Giving Up
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says it's "just not worth it" to attempt to impeach President Donald Trump.
She told the Washington Post, "Unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path, because it divides the country."
Still, Pelosi doesn't think Trump deserves to be president. "Are we
CBNMar 12 2019
News
Impeaching Trump Is ‘Not Worth It,’ Nancy Pelosi Says
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who has played down talk of impeachment for months, ratcheted up her objections to trying to remove President Trump from office in an interview published on Monday.
“I’m not for impeachment,” Ms. Pelosi told The Washington Post Magazine in the interview, which was conducted last week.
“Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there
New York Times (News)Oct 03 2012
News
Stark Backdrop as President Prepares to Debate
Las Vegas might seem the last place a presidential candidate would choose to spend three days of sober, nose-to-the-grindstone debate preparation. But since Sunday, President Obama has been encamped 17 miles from the neon excess of the Strip, in a palm-fringed, financially battered lakeside resort that serves as a vivid reminder of the economic distress that still threatens his hopes for re-
New York Times (News)Oct 01 2012
News
Romney hits Obama on foreign policy in weekly podcast
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Saturday that President Barack Obama is responsible for unrest and chaos in the Middle East, saying the president “doesnt understand the gravity of the challenges that we face in the region.
Speaking in his weekly podcast, Romney said that Obamas 2008 argument for election was that he had the judgment and knowledge of issues to
CNN DigitalFeb 18 2022
Headline Roundup
Media Split on Durham Probe, Clinton Ties
Left and right media are divided over whether a special counsel's investigation shows that Hillary Clinton paid to spy on the Trump White House.
In a recent court filing from special counsel John Durham, who is probing the government's investigation of Russian election interference, he accused a tech executive of working with a Clinton campaign lawyer and distorting private White House
New York Times (News) Axios National Review (News)May 31 2012
News
Sex-Selection Abortion Ban Vote: GOP Measure Fails In House
The House on Thursday fell short in an effort to ban abortions based on the sex of the fetus as Republicans and Democrats made an election-year appeal for women's votes.
The legislation would have made it a federal crime to perform or force a woman to undergo a sex-based abortion, a practice most common in some Asian countries where families wanting sons abort female fetuses.
HuffPostJan 04 2017
Opinion
Free Market for Education? Economists Generally Don’t Buy It
The odds are good that privatizing education will be part of the agenda for President-elect Donald J. Trump’s administration. The Republican platform calls for increasing the role of banks in giving out student loans. And Mr. Trump and the platform advocate an expansion of both vouchers, which enable students to attend the private school of their choice with government funds, and charter
New York Times (News)Mar 18 2015
News
Would Automatic Voter Registration Increase Turnout?
Go to renew your driver's license in Oregon, and you will now be signed up to vote automatically.
It's the first state in the country with that sort of law, which is designed to make voting easier, and stands in contrast to the trend seen in the past several years in more conservative states.
"It's really interesting — when we've seen restrictions emerging in Republican-leaning
NPR (Online News)Feb 07 2019
Perspectives Blog
Is AllSides Biased? About Our Biases, Partners and Funding
Updated Oct. 26, 2023
In our hyperpolarized society, people often disparage or boycott brands that work with, are run by, or receive funding from people, groups or institutions whose politics they disagree with.
Well, if that describes you, you should probably hate or boycott AllSides – whether you are on the right, left or even center.
We are not actually
John Gable, AllSides Co-founder