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Jan 26 2021
News
One coal state senator holds the key to Biden’s ambitious climate agenda. And it’s not McConnell.
He’s a coal country native, born to a family of mining town mayors. As West Virginia governor, he sued the Environmental Protection Agency. He has scuttled efforts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, criticized the Paris climate agreement and famously shot a copy of a cap-and-trade carbon proposal full of lead.
Now the fate of the most ambitious climate agenda ever proposed by an
Washington Post
May 08 2016
News
EXCLUSIVE: Vicente Fox Blames U.S. for Drug War; Violence ‘Is Produced Here’
Former Mexican president Vicente Fox suggested Wednesday that drug trafficking and violence at the border aren’t caused by Mexico, but by drug consumption in the United States.
“Drug traffic, I guess people here in the [United] States say, ‘These Mexicans have gone crazy. They’re killing each other all day, violence and killings. Have they been drinking too much tequila?’” Fox said
Breitbart News
Mar 03 2020
Opinion
In our opinion: It’s Super Tuesday. Here are the questions you should be asking today
For the first time in its political history, Utah is participating in the presidential primary election on Super Tuesday. President Donald Trump faces only modest resistance from a few protest candidates and will likely sail to victory. For the Democrats vying for the nomination and the chance to take on Trump this fall, it is the most significant day of the campaign season thus far with 1,357
Deseret News
Nov 17 2020
News
GA Secretary of State Claims Republicans Are Pushing Him to Exclude Legal Ballots. Lindsey Graham Responds.
In an interview with The Washington Post, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger claimed Sen. Lindsey Graham, and other Republicans, suggested he find ways to exclude legally cast ballots, which the South Carolina senator denies.
Raffensperger, a Republican, told the Post he was under pressure from within his own party during the recount to bring about a more favorable outcome
Townhall
May 30 2016
News
Memorial Day Provides respite from VA controversies, even as new issue brews
Memorial Day is a time to remember Those Who Gave Their Lives to protect esta country.
It is a day When the focus will be on Those sacrifices through commemorations With bugle calls and wreath layings Instead of the controversies That Have dogged the Department of Veterans Affairs. Yet, even as the ceremonies get underway, another discussion Involving the federal
Washington Post
Oct 07 2019
News
Supreme Court Preview
On Monday, the new Supreme Court term begins. Notable cases involve “[abortion], federal protection for LGBT employees, the Trump administration’s decision to end the program known as DACA, and gun rights.” (SCOTUSblog)
The left is worried that the Supreme Court will rule against gay and transgender rights, and narrow constitutional protections for abortion.
“As Congress remains
The Flip Side
Nov 16 2020
Opinion
The RNC's fight for election integrity
Ever since Democrats began using the pandemic as an excuse to make wholesale changes to election laws, including stripping ballot security safeguards, our party has been preparing to protect the vote.
Since Election Day, we have collected more than 400 signed affidavits citing voting irregularities, and more than 12,000 incident reports have been filed. It is clearer than ever that
Washington Examiner
Mar 04 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Vaccine Outlook Improves; Some States Loosen Pandemic Restrictions
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President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. will now have enough COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate all adults by the end of May, two months sooner than the previously-predicted July. Amid that expansion and falling new COVID-19 case rates, some states have loosened pandemic restrictions; Texas is lifting the
AllSides Staff
Jun 11 2013
News
Presidential cyberwar directive gives Pentagon long-awaited marching orders (+video)
The 18-page Top Secret Presidential Policy Directive 20 instructs the Pentagon to draw up a cyberwar target list and to protect US infrastructure from foreign cyberattack.
Christian Science Monitor
Oct 02 2014
News
Julia Pierson, Secret Service Director, Resigns Under Pressure About Breaches
Julia Pierson resigned under pressure as director of the Secret Service on Wednesday after failing to quell a bipartisan political furor over repeated breaches of White House security and losing the confidence of the president her agency is charged with protecting.
New York Times (News)