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Apr 18 2019
News
Barr says "no evidence that any Americans" helped Russian government — but one has been charged
Attorney General William Barr asserted in his statement that Robert Mueller found "no evidence that any Americans" helped the Russian government or the Internet Research Agency in their schemes to influence the 2016 election.
But one American was charged with aiding the Internet Research Agency— though he did so without knowing the full extent of the alleged conspiracy — and is serving
CNN (Online News)
Apr 26 2015
News
Supreme Court Seems To Be On The Verge Of Ruling In Favor Of Marriage Equality
The U.S. Supreme Court's arguments on Tuesday over same-sex marriage will cap more than two decades of litigation and a transformation in public attitudes.
Based on the court's actions during the past two years, a sense of inevitability is in the air: That a majority is on the verge of declaring gay marriage legal nationwide.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, the court's pivotal member on
HuffPost
May 31 2019
News
Census Isn't a Threat to the Nation; Anti-Trump Hysteria Is
The mainstream media are so deeply in bed with the Democrats that they risk having what they do to each other be mistaken for pornography. A recent instance of such mutually assured gratification is E.J. Dionne's April 24 column, "Will Trump and the Supreme Court Tear Our Democracy Apart?" The esteemed author, formerly called a "radical centrist" by Time magazine, has graduated to being just a
Guest Writer - Right
Oct 28 2016
News
FBI reopens Clinton email investigation
The FBI has renewed its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s secret emails, Director James Comey told Congressin a new letter Friday, heightening the stakes for the Democratic presidential nominee with less than two weeks before Election Day. Mr. Comey said his agents learned of new emails “pertinent” to their probe while working on an unrelated case. He said his agents need to review those
Washington Times
Aug 19 2019
News
NYPD fires Officer Daniel Pantaleo in ‘chokehold’ death of Eric Garner
NYPD cop Daniel Panatelo has been fired for causing the death of Eric Garner, Police Commissioner James O’Neill announced Monday.
“The unintended consequence of Mr. Garner’s death must have a consequence of its own,” O’Neill said.
“It is clear that Daniel Pantaleo can no longer effectively serve as a New York City police officer.”
O’Neill’s widely expected decision to fire
New York Post (News)
Sep 12 2015
News
Menendez Lawyers Accuse Government Of 'Fixation On Sex,' 'Salacious Headlines'
Accusing the Justice Department of having a "fixation on sex and salacious headlines," lawyers for Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and his wealthy donor reiterated their call for a court to dismiss bribery and fraud charges against them.
The defense teams took aim at a contention by prosecutors and FBI agents that they had uncovered some "corroboration" for claims the men may have
NPR (Online News)
Jan 14 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: The Capitol Breach's Vast Repercussions
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The violence in Washington D.C. last week, which left five people dead and the U.S. Capitol building vandalized, had other wide-ranging consequences.
It led directly to President Donald Trump being impeached by the House of Representatives by a 232-197 vote Wednesday, in which ten Republicans joined all
AllSides Staff
Dec 24 2019
News
Evangelicals close ranks around Trump after Christianity Today rebuke
As the political clamor caused by a top Christian magazine's call to remove President Trump from office continues to reverberate, more than 100 conservative evangelicals further closed ranks around Mr. Trump on Sunday.
In a letter to the president of Christianity Today magazine, the group of evangelicals chided editor-in-chief Mark Galli for penning an anti-Trump editorial, published
CBS News (Online)
May 04 2020
Analysis
Supreme Court to hear 2 cases about when religious employers can ignore civil rights laws
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel, are difficult cases, which the Court will hear in a rare teleconferenced oral argument next Monday. They concern whether two Catholic school teachers qualify as “ministers,” and are therefore beyond the reach of workplace civil rights laws.
In Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC (2012), the Supreme Court held that the First
Vox
Apr 04 2015
News
The Surprising Voting Rights Issue Both Democrats and Republicans Support
When it comes to restoring the landmark Voting Rights Act, Republican lawmakers don't seem to want anything to do with it.
The Supreme Court gutted a key portion of the law in 2013 and told Congress to provide a fix. But only a handful of Republicans support a House bill that would do so by specifying which states and localities with a history of minority voter suppression require extra
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