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Mar 24 2021
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2 Asian American senators back off threat to oppose Biden nominees after White House agrees to add senior AAPI adviser
Senators Tammy Duckworth and Mazie Hirono on Tuesday backed off their threat to vote against any of President Joe Biden's nominees who aren't minorities, after going public with their anger that the Cabinet lacks Asian Americans, and Duckworth earlier saying she felt insulted by the White House's attempts to brush off her concerns.
The move came after a tense Monday exchange between
CNN Digital
Feb 18 2021
Fact Check
FactChecking Biden’s Town Hall
President Joe Biden got some facts wrong and spun others in a Feb. 16 town hall that aired on CNN.
He said it was “not true” that he had revised his 100-day school reopening goal, saying it “was reported” that he meant a majority of schools only need to be open one day a week. That’s exactly what his press secretary had said.
Biden left the false impression that the preceding
FactCheck.org
Aug 01 2018
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Trump is leading a ‘hate movement’ against the media
When the owner of a Virginia restaurant asked the White House press secretary to leave out of dismay over the administration’s policies, the civility refs threw a blizzard of flags onto the field. The refrain was that, no matter how deeply felt our political differences may be, keeping the litigation of those differences civil is essential to preventing our political life from spiraling into
Washington Post
Oct 15 2021
Perspectives Blog
Survey: Half of college students fear expressing ideas in classrooms
Just over half (52%) of college students say they “often” or “always” refrain from sharing their opinion on social or political issues in a classroom setting out of concern for potential consequences, according to a recent survey commissioned by Intelligent.com.
More than 7 in 10 students report self-censorship at least occasionally.
The study found that conservatives are
Andrew Weinzierl
Jul 22 2019
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How Equifax's $700 million settlement could end up compensating you for ID theft
Americans will now get compensation for losses tied to one of the biggest data security failures ever.
Credit-reporting company Equifax has agreed to pick up the tab in a proposed deal with the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and 50 states and territories to settle allegations that it did not implement sufficient security measures to protect its network.
USA TODAY
Feb 18 2021
Fact Check
FactChecking Biden’s Town Hall
President Joe Biden got some facts wrong and spun others in a Feb. 16 town hall that aired on CNN.
He said it was “not true” that he had revised his 100-day school reopening goal, saying it “was reported” that he meant a majority of schools only need to be open one day a week. That’s exactly what his press secretary had said.
Biden left the false impression that the preceding
FactCheck.org
Jul 24 2020
News
AP-NORC poll: Nearly half say job lost to virus won’t return
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic now believe those jobs are lost forever, a new poll shows, a sign of increasing pessimism that would translate into roughly 10 million workers needing to find a new employer, if not a new occupation.
It’s a sharp change after initial optimism the jobs would return, as temporary
Associated Press
Nov 25 2020
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Will Trump ever concede to Biden? Approving the transition may be as close as he gets to that, aides say
When President Donald Trump signed off this week on formally allowing President-elect Joe Biden's transition to move forward, it was a decision he arrived at after a series of embarrassing setbacks in his efforts to challenge the results of the Nov. 3 election.
Though Trump made clear he intends to keep up his election legal battle, it was a turning point after conversations over the
USA TODAY
Apr 29 2020
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Kushner calls US coronavirus response a 'success story' as cases hit 1 million
President Donald Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, praised the administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic as a "great success story" on Wednesday -- less than a day after the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States topped 1 million.
Kushner painted a rosy picture for "Fox and Friends" Wednesday morning, saying that "the federal
CNN Digital
May 28 2020
News
President Trump Signs Executive Order Regulating Social Media Companies
President Trump intends to sign an executive order on Thursday regarding social media and big technology companies. The order comes on the heels of a fact-check on the president from Twitter, related to President Trump’s sentiment regarding voting by mail.
The president is using section 230 of the Communications Decency Act to back up his grievance with social media companies, a
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