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Nov 10 2013
News
White House relying more on insurance carriers to help fix HealthCare.gov
The White House is increasing its reliance on insurers by accepting their technical help in efforts to repair the problem-ridden online health insurance marketplace and prioritizing consumers’ ability to buy plans directly from the carriers.
The Obama administration’s broader cooperation with insurers is a tacit acknowledgment that the federal insurance exchange — fraught with software
Washington Post
Feb 20 2023
Headline Roundup
Rep. Greene Draws Bipartisan Criticism For 'National Divorce' Statement
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called for the United States of America to disunite in what she labeled a “national divorce” on Monday, garnering criticism across the aisle.
Key Quote: Greene stated on Twitter, “We need a national divorce. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government. Everyone I talk to says this. From the sick and disgusting
The Hill
Washington Times 
AlterNet 
May 01 2013
News
FDA approves morning-after pill without prescription for girls 15 and older
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it approved the availability of the Plan B One-Step emergency contraception pill without a prescription for women 15 and older. This move comes just weeks after a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York, ordered the FDA to make the morning-after birth control pill available to women of any age, without a prescription. Tuesday's FDA
CNN Digital
May 18 2024
Headline Roundup
How Political Polarization Paved the Way for the Attempted Assassination of Slovakia’s Prime Minister
In the wake of the assassination attempt on Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, many mainstream outlets from the left and center highlighted political polarization within Slovakia and the European Union.
‘On The Brink’: John Kampfner, writing for The Guardian (Lean Left bias), claimed the assassination attempt “could lead to widespread civil unrest,” citing recent turbulence like
The Guardian
BBC News
The Telegraph - UK
Feb 16 2023
Headline Roundup
Ohio Train Crash Raises Questions on Transportation, Safety, Response
After a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio forced around 2,000 residents to evacuate while crews worked to control toxic chemicals still inside the wreckage, outlets across the spectrum are analyzing what factors might have contributed to the accident, potential fallout for the region, and how the media and federal government have responded to the incident.
Preventable Accident?
HuffPost
Newsweek
Fox News Digital 
Oct 28 2013
News
Judge blocks Texas abortion restrictions
A federal district court has ruled that one abortion restriction passed by the Texas state Legislature over the summer is unconstitutional and has partially blocked another. District Judge Lee Yeakel has blocked the state from enforcing a requirement that abortion-providing doctors obtain admitting privileges at local hospitals — a restriction that would have ended abortion services at one-
Politico
Apr 12 2019
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Julian Assange Arrested in London: Justice or a Violation of the Free Press?
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested in London yesterday and charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. Media outlets, pundits, and politicians across the aisle are split: Some say that Assange must be punished for exposing classified information, while others say that his arrest poses a problem for freedom of the press and civil liberties. Check out some other big stories AllSides Staff
Sep 09 2022
Headline Roundup
DOJ Appeals to Regain Access to Documents Seized at Mar-a-Lago
The Department of Justice is appealing a decision made by a federal judge to have a third-party special master review the documents and materials seized by the FBI during the search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, last month.
Trump’s legal team pushed for a special master to be appointed to regain seized documents and materials that might fall under the
Washington Examiner
Axios
New York Times (News)
Oct 26 2020
Analysis
Pressure builds for US police to change military mindset
On a September morning in 2008, Brian Wood made a distraught retreat from a heated dispute with his wife and sat down with a gun in his truck in the driveway of his suburban Salt Lake City home. The part-time firefighter was having a mental health crisis, and he fired two warning shots when police arrived at the beginning of a 12-hour standoff.
Wood’s father-in-law, William “Dub”
Christian Science Monitor
Aug 14 2019
News
Gun Control
Last Friday, “President Donald Trump said… he believes he has influence to rally Republicans around stronger federal background check laws as Congress and the White House work on a response to last weekend’s mass shootings in Texas and Ohio.” (AP News)
The left calls for universal background checks, and restrictions on assault rifles and high-capacity magazines.
“America’s
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