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Nov 04 2013
Opinion
Arming TSA officials not the answer
More guns in the hands of employees wouldn't be about stopping terrorism at airports - it would be about protecting people from the gun violence that plagues America.
CNN DigitalJul 27 2015
News
Turkey expands anti-Islamic State campaign
Turkey and the United States have agreed on a military plan to push Islamic State militants from a strip of territory along the Turkish-Syrian border in what represents a major expansion of Turkey’s role in the conflict, according to a senior U.S. official.
The agreement capitalizes on successes that Kurdish forces have had in pushing Islamic State
USA TODAYAug 11 2013
News
Obama warns disabled veterans prolonged sequester could put their benefits in jeopardy
President Obama took his case for ending the sequester to hundreds of disabled veterans Saturday, saying he protected their benefits from the “reckless” cuts to the federal budget but suggesting next year might be different. “It’s hurting our military. I made it clear that your veteran’s benefits are exempt from this year’s sequester,” the president said to the applause of hundreds at the
Fox News DigitalMay 03 2019
News
Barr vs. Mueller: The attorney general fights his own battle with the special counsel as he stands up for Trump
For the first two years of the Trump administration, the Justice Department found itself locked in war to protect Russia special counsel Robert Mueller from the president himself. Now, the siege has turned to an unusual internal struggle between the new attorney general and the special counsel.
The protector has become the rival.
In just under three months on the job, Attorney
USA TODAYNov 30 2020
News
Moderna to Ask Health Regulators to Authorize Its Covid-19 Vaccine
Moderna Inc. MRNA 16.13% said it will on Monday ask U.S. and European health regulators to authorize use of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine, after it was shown to be 94.1% effective in a full analysis of a pivotal study.
The timing keeps the vaccine on track to become possibly the second to go into use in the U.S. by year’s end—after one already under regulatory review from Pfizer Inc.
Wall Street Journal (News)Dec 17 2019
News
House passes pair of funding bills to avert government shutdown
The House has passed a pair of funding measures to avert a government shutdown on Tuesday, voting across party lines detailing roughly $1.4 trillion in government funding ahead of the Friday deadline.
The spending package -- consisting of two separate spending bills and thousands of pages of legislative text -- was introduced on Monday, and includes a boost on domestic spending backed
ABC News (Online)Aug 02 2014
News
GOP changes their bill to take work permits away from 580,000 immigrants
On Friday night, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill to prevent the Obama administration from giving work permits or protection from deportation to young unauthorized immigrants who would have qualified for the DREAM Act.
That was a clear enough stand for them. Until it wasn't.
There are 580,000 immigrants who have already gotten two-year protection and work permits
VoxMay 05 2022
Perspectives Blog
Live Blog: Tracking Ukraine Fact Checking, Misinformation and Fake News
5/12/22: Coverage on this blog has ended. For the latest balanced news coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, check out our Ukraine war page.
This blog will feature constant updates on misinformation, fake news, fact-checking, unconfirmed stories, disputed claims and statistics, and examples of propaganda and disinformation relating to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. If you
AllSides StaffJun 03 2020
Opinion
Plain talk about police and race is not enough
In the aftermath of President Trump’s deplorable assault on peaceful demonstrators in Lafayette Square and his threat to use the military against Americans, we heard — finally — some candid and unvarnished discussion of police abuse from a surprising array of people.
Perhaps most important to the public debate were the voices of religious leaders who denounced Trump’s use of violence
Jennifer RubinAug 01 2019
Opinion
Mark Penn: Democrats' debate was a panderfest
The second night of the second round of the Democrats’ presidential debates was no eloquent dialogue between moderates and the left. It was an all-out panderfest and, at times, an old-fashioned slugfest.
By the end of this endless debate, spooned out in one-minute dollops, I walked out with a $1,000-a-month check, an extra grand if I’m a female, untold reparations dollars if I am
Guest Writer