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May 20 2015
News
Documents Show Bin Laden Fixated on Attacking America
Hunkered down in his Pakistani compound, Osama bin Laden pleaded with his followers to stay focused on attacking the United States instead of being dragged into Muslim infighting. Documents that were declassified on Wednesday shed new light on the mindset of al-Qaida's founder, his debates over tactics, his anxiety over Western spying and his fixation with the group's media image.
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Newsmax (News)
Sep 20 2019
Perspectives Blog
Growing older makes me a fatalist. Having kids makes me an activist.
When one turns fifty, as I recently did, one’s sense of mortality inches insidiously closer. As for me, I crossed this symbolic age threshold determined to embrace, rather than resist, life’s unforgiving lesson that all things eventually die.
While savoring all that the present has to offer, I simultaneously regard the future (from a rapidly shrinking distance) as an inevitable series
Kristin Hansen
May 17 2015
News
Report: Hundreds of Thousands of Illegal Immigration Cases in Record Backlog, Many Won't Be Heard for Years
The influx of children and mothers from Central America last summer has caused an even larger backlog in an already overtaxed immigration court system, according to a Syracuse University study.
The backlog hit a record 445,607 at the end of April, according to the report, a rise of 9.2 percent since the beginning of the current fiscal year.
The backlog has risen 29.5 percent
Newsmax (News)
Nov 23 2020
Headline Roundup
Perspectives: Students, Safety and Closing Schools This Fall
As COVID-19 coronavirus cases rise in many parts of the United States, local leaders are mulling over whether to close schools and how to keep students safe while continuing the school year.
Many voices on all sides agree that students learn best when physically in a classroom. Right-rated voices argue that school closures are unnecessary, and concentrate on data suggesting that COVID-
Los Angeles Times
The Daily Caller
Associated Press
May 01 2013
News
Mastermind in Benghazi attack walking free in Libya, sources say
The U.S. has identified the mastermind of the Benghazi attack, sources tell Fox News, though the individual apparently is walking free in Libya. The confirmation from multiple sources comes more than seven months after the assault on two U.S. locations in Benghazi, Libya, where four Americans -- including Ambassador Chris Stevens -- were killed. President Obama pledged after the attack that "
Fox News Digital
Oct 01 2015
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Russian Airstrikes in Syria
Russia started airstrikes in Syria this week, claiming to target ISIS. The U.S., also carrying out airstrikes in Syria, has expressed doubts about Russia's true motives. Some believe Russia is instead supporting Assad by aiming for Syrian rebels. With a great deal at stake, the Obama administration launched military-to-military talks with Russia today. Let’s see what’s being said about all John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
May 17 2019
Headline Roundup
Barr Defends Himself Against Critics
Attorney General William Barr defends his decision to review the origins of the Russia probe, saying that it could lead to rule changes for counterintelligence investigations of political campaigns.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Fox News Digital
CBS News (Online)
Jun 14 2023
Headline Roundup
Burisma Exec in Alleged Biden Bribe Has Audio Recordings, Grassley Claims
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) claimed the FBI FD-1023 document containing an allegation that President Joe Biden accepted a $5 million bribe from a Burisma executive also alleges the executive is in possession of audio recordings of both Joe and Hunter Biden that they kept for “insurance.”
Key Quotes: “According to the [FD-1023 document], the foreign national possesses 15 audio recordings
Newsweek
New York Post (News)
Washington Post
Jan 25 2018
Perspectives Blog
Government Shutdown Ends
The government shutdown came to an end after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) promised Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that DACA legislation would advance to the Senate floor no later than Feb. 8th. Many Right-leaning outlets celebrated the news as a victory, while many Left-leaning outlets argued that Democrats conceded too quickly. As we do from time to time, we are John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
May 21 2021
Headline Roundup
Reports of Anti-Semitic Violence in US Amid Israel-Hamas Conflict
Several reports of American Jews being subjected to violence and harassment by pro-Palestinian groups arose this week amid the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas militants. In Los Angeles on Tuesday, a group of Jewish men was attacked while eating at a restaurant and suffered minor injuries. In New York City Thursday, Twitter video apparently showed pro-Palestinian people harassing diners
CNN Digital
Newsweek
Fox News Digital