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Dec 20 2022
Opinion
Why the Jan. 6 committee mattered
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack approached the end of its work Monday with a dramatic recommendation that the Justice Department charge former president Donald Trump with four crimes, including inciting or assisting an insurrection. This criminal referral is symbolic; the Justice Department is responsible for making a tough call on whether such charges would
Washington PostJan 03 2023
News
Chaos reigns in House as GOP fails to pick a Speaker
Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid to become the next House Speaker fell short on Tuesday over a string of three consecutive votes, marking a chaotic opening to a new Congress — and dampening the Republicans’ celebration as they took control of the House for the first time since 2018.
The GOP standoff — pitting McCarthy and his allies against a small but persistent group of
The HillDec 19 2022
News
Sam Bankman-Fried Is Expected to Consent to Extradition From Bahamas
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is planning to consent to extradition to the U.S. to face criminal charges related to the cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse, people familiar with the matter said.
Mr. Bankman-Fried has been in custody in the Bahamas since he was arrested last Monday in connection with several U.S. criminal charges, which were unsealed a day later. Federal prosecutors in
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 24 2023
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Exists, But it's Not That Simple
This piece was written by academics Rob Anderson (Lean Left bias) and G. Michael Killenberg (Center bias). AllSides CEO John Gable (Lean Right bias) wrote a response to this article. Read it here.
It took a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit for media mogul Rupert Murdoch to admit under oath that Fox News promoted lies about rigged voting machines and endorsed allegations that Democrats
Multiple Writers - MixedNov 06 2022
News
Obama and Trump battle over western Pennsylvania with dueling rallies in a final midterm push for the critical state
Two former presidents duked it out with dueling rallies Saturday across western Pennsylvania, where they stumped for Senate candidates locked in one of the most consequential races of the cycle and offered wildly different visions of America as the final midterm fight centers on the Keystone State.
Around noon, Barack Obama rallied with Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic Senate
NBC News (Online)Jan 10 2023
News
Another Anti-Trump Investigation Has Wrapped in Georgia, But Will the Findings Be Released?
You can say that Donald Trump is “Teflon,” given how many attempts have been made to indict this man on every charge in our current legal code. Attorneys, who also happen to be significant allies of the Democratic Party, have tried to ensnare the man in some legal tangle in just about every way—all attempts have failed. They’ve tried Russian collusion for years, only for that to devolve into
TownhallOct 26 2022
Analysis
The new swing vote: Why more Latino voters are joining the GOP
Bible study has ended at Rep. Mayra Flores’ campaign headquarters, and volunteers are passing around steaming plates of chicken tamales. One staffer excitedly announces an all-female “Block Walk,” where participants will wear red high heels during an upcoming door-knocking effort.
“We all used to be Democrats,” says Minerva Simpson, vice president of Cameron County Republican Women,
Christian Science MonitorDec 23 2022
News
Facebook parent Meta agrees to pay $725 million to settle privacy lawsuit
Facebook parent Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class action lawsuit that claimed the social media giant gave third parties access to user data without their consent.
It is the “largest recovery ever achieved in a data privacy class action and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a private class action,” Keller Rohrback L.L.P, the law firm representing the
CNBCAug 25 2022
News
Growing Evidence Against a Republican Wave
At the beginning of this year’s midterm campaign, analysts and political operatives had every reason to expect a strong Republican showing this November. President Biden’s approval rating was in the low 40s, and the president’s party has a long history of struggling in midterm elections.
But as the start of the general election campaign nears, it’s becoming increasingly hard to find any
New York Times (News)Dec 05 2022
Fact Check
Florida leaders misrepresented research before ban on gender-affirming care
Behind Florida's decision to block clinical services for transgender adolescents is a talking point — repeated by the state's governor and top medical authorities — that most cases of gender incongruence fade over time.
The Florida Board of Medicine voted Nov. 4 to approve a rule that barred physicians from performing surgical procedures on minors to alter "primary or secondary sexual
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