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Apr 16 2021
News
Biden hosts Japanese PM Suga as U.S. works to counter increasingly assertive China
President Joe Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the White House on Friday in his first in-person meeting with a world leader since he took office.
Biden's decision to host Suga for his first face-to-face meeting highlights his administration's focus on strengthening ties with allies in Asia as the U.S. works to counter an increasingly assertive China.
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NBC News Digital
Mar 13 2018
News
Designing a School to Stop Shooters
One suburban Dallas elementary school is designed with fears of a shooting in mind; students prepare for nationwide antigun protests Wednesday
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jul 18 2022
Headline Roundup
Gunman Kills 3 at Indiana Mall Before Being Shot Dead by Armed Bystander
On Sunday evening, a gunman killed three people at the Greenwood Park Mall south of Indianapolis, Indiana before an armed witness shot and killed the assailant.
Police say the shooter had a rifle and several magazines of ammunition, and was stopped by an armed bystander who police called a "good Samaritan." Several people were wounded, including one male and four females — one being
Fox News Digital
Axios
CNN Digital
Nov 18 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Rittenhouse Trial Takes Precedence Over Major Infrastructure Bill
If judged by the amount of news coverage on it, the vast $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill signed into law Monday after months of partisan feuding is hardly a story this week compared to the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. President Joe Biden signed the bill into law during a bipartisan ceremony Monday. It is the largest infrastructure investment in U.S. history and will likely have
AllSides Staff
Feb 18 2020
Background
Should Teachers be Armed?
WHY THIS QUESTION MATTERS: Following the 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, 26 states across the country and the District of Columbia passed 67 bills to address gun violence. In May, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill that would expand a “school guardian” program to allow qualified teachers to carry guns in schools on a volunteer
The Thread
Dec 23 2014
News
Obama To Pick Sally Yates To Be Deputy Attorney General, AP Reports
President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate the top federal prosecutor in Atlanta to the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, according to two people familiar with the move.
They said Sally Quillian Yates is Obama's pick for deputy attorney general. If confirmed by the Senate, she'll oversee day-to-day operations.
The individuals, not authorized to discuss the decision
NPR (Online News)
Aug 28 2020
Opinion
Why Kenosha riots could matter in November
Of all the riots that have gone unchecked in the country this summer, the one in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is the one that might matter most in the November presidential elections.
The vivid imagery in the days following the police shooting of Jacob Blake shows a town in devastation. Rioters blocked traffic. And they stole gasoline from a nearby gas station to start fires that took out
Washington Examiner
Aug 27 2020
Analysis
The Conservative Defense of Kyle Rittenhouse Is Dangerous Nonsense
On Tuesday night, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse allegedly shot three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, with an AR-15-style rifle, killing two. Videos of the event tell us an incomplete story of what, exactly, happened that night. But they appear to clearly show this much: Rittenhouse traveled to the protests in illegal possession of an assault weapon to act as a vigilante. He placed himself at the
Slate
May 19 2020
Opinion
The Phony Coronavirus Class War
Defiance of public health directives has become a mark of right-wing identity.
A Washington Post article on Sunday described people in a posh suburb of Atlanta celebrating liberation from coronavirus lockdown. “I went to the antique mall yesterday on Highway 9 and it was just like — it was like freedom,” said a woman getting a pedicure.
“Yeah, I’m going to do the laser and the
New York Times (Opinion)
Oct 01 2020
News
Internal document shows Trump officials were told to make comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse
Federal law enforcement officials were directed to make public comments sympathetic to Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with fatally shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to internal Department of Homeland Security talking points obtained by NBC News.
In preparing Homeland Security officials for questions about Rittenhouse from the media, the document suggests
NBC News Digital