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Jun 11 2012
News
House oversight committee schedules contempt vote for Holder
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has scheduled a vote for next week to consider holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over the controversial Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation. Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., released a 64-page memo in early May outlining the case for holding the attorney general in contempt. The chairman based his
Fox News DigitalOct 17 2019
News
In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace
The religious landscape of the United States continues to change at a rapid clip. In Pew Research Center telephone surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, 65% of American adults describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down 12 percentage points over the past decade. Meanwhile, the religiously unaffiliated share of the population, consisting of people who describe their
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Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk is the founder of Turning Point USA, an American conservative nonprofit organization. In his Twitter bio, he refers to himself as a "proud capitalist." AllSides gives Kirk a media bias rating of Right following a July 2019 independent review of Kirk's Twitter account and writings by an AllSides staffer. We give this bias rating with low or initial confidence.
Aug 01 2013
Perspectives Blog
News Highlights this Week from AllSides
This week we saw stories about Obama's Grand Bargain proposal and Republicans pressing the new FBI director on Benghazi, but the biggest story in politics at the moment is about new NSA program information.
Yesterday, the Guardian broke a new story on documents provided by Snowden that explain an NSA Internet data collection program. On the same day, there was a Senate Judiciary hearing
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderSep 26 2022
Headline Roundup
Vladimir Putin Grants Russian Citizenship to Edward Snowden
Russian President Vladimir Putin granted full Russian citizenship to former National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden on Monday.
Snowden, 39, initially fled to Russia in 2013 after turning over NSA secrets to journalists. Russia granted him asylum in 2013 and permanent residency in 2020. Putin’s decree, which granted citizenship to 72 foreign-born individuals, came as
The Guardian Axios New York Post (News)Oct 02 2019
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Impeachment Inquiry Continues
“Democrats on Monday subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer who was at the heart of Trump’s efforts to get Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden’s family.” (AP News)
The left supports impeachment, but is divided as to whether it should be narrowly focused on Ukraine or involve broader misconduct by Trump.
Many argue that “a key to winning any trial
The Flip SideMar 15 2018
Headline Roundup
Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization
Special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for Russia-related documents as part of his investigation into collusion during the 2016 presidential election.
New York Times (News) Reuters The Daily CallerDec 11 2019
News
The Inspector General’s Report on the Russia Investigation
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
The Justice Department's internal watchdog, the inspector general, released a highly anticipated report on Monday, which examined authorities' use of surveillance power in the Russia investigation.Inspector Abridge NewsJun 19 2019
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Immigration Crackdown
On Monday, President Donald Trump tweeted, “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States. They will be removed as fast as they come in.” (Twitter)
The left opposes increased deportations but does not believe ICE is capable of carrying them out, and argues that the outrage against Ocasio-Cortez
The Flip Side