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May 12 2020
News
Communist China spread coronavirus on purpose: Cheney
Rep. Liz Cheney said today that China made a strategic decision to spread the coronavirus to make sure the world, not just Beijing, suffered economic hardship.
The Wyoming Republican said on “Fox and Friends” that China cannot be “a member of civilized community of nations because of what they’ve done.”
The evidence, she said, is that China realized it had an epidemic on its
Washington TimesMar 19 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Joe Biden Filibusters on the Filibuster
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
Joe Biden is a traditionalist caught in a transformational era. He’s doing his best to keep up, but sometimes the old-school politician gets in the way of his most ambitious progressive allies. His frequent references to Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson allowed him to combine those two impulses advocating for the
Dan SchnurApr 28 2019
News
Barr’s testimony to House on Mueller in doubt amid dispute
The Justice Department has informed the House Judiciary Committee that Attorney General William Barr may not attend a Thursday hearing to review special counsel Robert Mueller’s report due to objections over the panel’s format, according to a Democratic senior committee aide. The department has balked at the panel’s plans to allow the committee’s counsels from both sides to question Barr after
Associated PressApr 22 2019
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Trump sues to block Democrats’ subpoena for financial information
Lawyers for President Trump on Monday sued to block a subpoena issued by members of Congress that sought the business magnate's financial records.
The complaint named Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Peter Kenny, the chief investigative counsel of the House committee, as its plaintiffs.
"We will not allow
Fox News (Online News)Aug 09 2015
News
Hillary Clinton Emails Take Long Path to Controversy
Earlier this summer, the inspector general of the nation’s intelligence agencies contacted the longtime lawyer for Hillary and Bill Clinton with a pointed question. Classified information had been found in a small sample of 30,000 messages from the former secretary of state’s private email account. The inspector general, I. Charles McCullough III, wanted to know from the lawyer, David E.
New York Times (News)Feb 02 2015
News
The FCC chair's Internet pivot
Tom Wheeler was feeling the heat. It was August and the head of the Federal Communications Commission was sitting on the deck of his family’s vacation home on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Sweat dripped onto the paperwork before him. For months, the tall, bespectacled Wheeler had been consumed by an arcane but important debate over how to regulate the companies that provide access to the Internet
PoliticoJun 29 2020
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Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments
Russian bounties offered to Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several U.S. service members, according to intelligence gleaned from U.S. military interrogations of captured militants in recent months.
Several people familiar with the matter said it was unclear exactly how many Americans or coalition troops from
Washington PostJan 31 2022
Perspectives Blog
How News Coverage of “Antifa” Reveals Media Bias
People have very different perceptions of the “antifascist” or “Antifa” movement or group. Media bias is often seen in how this movement or group is covered. How media outlets stylize references to Antifa can convey their position on whether it is a formal movement or group, or just an idea.
AllSides conducted an analysis of 82 articles from outlets in the AllSides Media Bias Chart™
Andrew WeinzierlMar 12 2021
Perspectives Blog
When Republicans Stop Paying Attention
From the CenterThis viewpoint is from a writer rated Center.
Joe Biden has succeeded in passing the largest expansion of domestic government spending and the most targeted expansion of aid to low-income Americans in more than fifty years. Bernie Sanders tweeted that the legislation was “the most progressive bill he’s seen pass since he’s been here” and that it was “the most
Dan SchnurJun 11 2014
News
Implementation of the Common Core State Standards
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) recently joined 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands in adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), implementation of which requires a transition of curriculum, instruction, professional development, and assessments from the current system of standards to a new one that promotes higher-order thinking and
RAND Corporation