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Dec 20 2016
News
An assassination and a gunman’s final words put Turkey on edge
A team of Russian detectives arrived in Turkey on Tuesday to join the investigation into the slaying of Moscow’s ambassador by a Turkish police officer — an act portrayed by both countries as an effort to rupture a rapprochement between the two regional powers backing opposite sides in Syria’s civil war.
Washington PostJan 28 2020
News
Key votes in Senate impeachment trial unclear as Trump lawyers conclude their case
The fate of key votes in President Trump’s impeachment trial remained uncertain Tuesday as his defense lawyers concluded their arguments and Republicans led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell struggled to muster the votes to bring the trial to a speedy close without calling witnesses.
But even as McConnell struggled to corral Republicans, Sen. Dianne Feinstein seemed to signal
Los Angeles TimesOct 07 2021
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Facebook Whistleblower: Company Puts Profit Before Public Good
A former Facebook data scientist has leaked thousands of internal documents, given mainstream news interviews, and testified before the Senate about the company's alleged neglect for its negative impacts on public health. Frances Haugen, who left Facebook in May after the company disbanded her misinformation unit, says the company "over and over again, chose to optimize for its own
AllSides StaffFeb 19 2021
Opinion
CNN’s Chris Cuomo is reminding us why conflicts of interest poison the news
On his Monday night CNN program, host Chris Cuomo provided an update on the biggest story of the past year. “Now, good news: When it comes to coronavirus, we’ve had the best week we’ve seen so far, in terms of getting people vaccinated. And every week since New Year’s, the rate has only improved,” said the host.
Here’s an update that he skipped: Just hours before “Cuomo Prime Time”
Erik WempleMay 27 2016
News
CPAC organizers slam Facebook's content bias probe, question conference coverage
The organizers of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) have slammed Facebook’s investigation into allegations of political bias related to its Trending Topics section – saying there are still unanswered questions about the handling of stories from CPAC 2016.
The social network was thrust into the spotlight following a Gizmodo report that stories about the CPAC meeting and
Fox News DigitalJun 03 2017
News
Trump Appears Unlikely to Hinder Comey’s Testimony About Russia Inquiry
President Trump does not plan to invoke executive privilege to try to prevent James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, from providing potentially damaging testimony to Congress on statements the president made about an investigation into his former national security adviser, two senior administration officials said Friday.
New York Times (News)Dec 07 2015
News
San Bernardino Wife Believed to Be Driving Force to Radicalism
The terrorism investigation into the California assault increasingly is focused on the wife as the likely driving force, with officials now suspecting that the Pakistani immigrant radicalized her American-born husband.
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 24 2019
News
Democrats Ask and Trump Says No, Signaling a Bitter Fight Ahead
President Trump’s administration foreshadowed weeks, if not months, of trench warfare with Congress on Tuesday as it defied demands for documents and testimony on multiple fronts in an effort to thwart expanding investigations mounted by House Democrats.
While Democrats debated the merits of pursuing impeachment against Mr. Trump, his advisers signaled that the administration would
New York Times (News)Dec 13 2016
News
Trump's Russia problem deepens
Donald Trump is pushing back hard against explosive allegations that Russia meddled in the presidential election in order to help him win.
But the president-elect’s counteroffensive has been undercut by other Republicans who are calling for a congressional investigation into the matter.
The HillMay 13 2020
News
President Trump's "Obamagate" Comments
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
On Friday, Barack Obama expressed concern over the justice department’s decision to drop charges against President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn. On a recording obtained by Yahoo News, Abridge News