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Jan 09 2023
News
Migration issues cast long shadow over Biden’s visit to ‘3 Amigos’ summit
Joe Biden has no shortage of topics to tackle in his first presidential trip to Mexico.
There’s the major shift in border policy that came just days before the trip. There’s the arrest of an alleged drug trafficker in Mexico long sought by U.S. authorities. And there’s the border itself, which Biden visited for the first time as president when he made a stop in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday
Politico
Dec 10 2021
News
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Tweets Backing Jussie Smollett Remain Up After Guilty Verdict
Democratic President Joe Biden and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris have left up tweets expressing support for actor Jussie Smollett after he was allegedly a victim in a racist and anti-gay hate attack that occurred on January 29, 2019. However, on Thursday, a jury found that Smollett lied about the attack.
Biden's tweet reads, "What happened today to @JussieSmollett must never
Newsweek
Nov 08 2022
News
Biden tells heckler ‘you look crazy’ in election-eve visit to deep-blue Maryland
President Biden told the crowd at a historically black college Monday that they were “just as smart” and “just as bright” as students at other schools as he delivered his final speech before the midterm elections in deeply Democratic Maryland.
Touting his $5.8 billion commitment to HBCUs, Biden told the mostly black audience at Bowie State University that “HBCUs don’t have the
New York Post (News)
Apr 06 2023
Perspectives Blog
Donald Trump Charged With 34 Felonies in New York Court
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Former President Donald Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of business fraud by the Manhattan District Attorney on Tuesday.
Details: Last week, a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Trump on charges related to hush money payments made shortly before the 2016 election
AllSides Staff
Jan 31 2023
News
Memphis’ question: Can we have tough policing without brutality?
Safety shouldn’t be a choice between rampant crime and violent overpolicing. Memphis thought it might have had an answer. But Tyre Nichols’ death shows how it spiraled out of control.
SCORPION hit the streets of Memphis, Tennessee, in late 2021 in unmarked cars, some without standard-issue dashboard cameras.
The police crime-suppression unit, divided into four, 10-person teams,
Christian Science Monitor
Jan 31 2023
News
Manchin Says He’s Baffled Why ‘Reasonable’ Biden Won’t Negotiate On Debt Ceiling
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said Friday he could not understand why a President Joe Biden wouldn’t negotiate on the debt ceiling.
“President Biden is great to talk to. You sit down and talk with him, you can work things out. He’s reasonable, okay?” Manchin told CNN “This Morning” host Kaitlan Collins. “And I don’t know why for some reason they’re saying, ‘We’re not
The Daily Caller
Aug 17 2022
News
Suspended Florida prosecutor sues Gov. Ron DeSantis to get his job back
A Florida prosecutor is suing Gov. Ron DeSantis for removing him from office.
The state attorney from Tampa, Andrew Warren, was ousted earlier this month by DeSantis. The Republican governor said he acted because of statements Warren had signed pledging not to prosecute people for violating abortion restrictions or a law prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors.
Warren filed
NPR (Online News)
Feb 17 2023
Analysis
Balloons and UFOs aside, war with China is not inevitable
The balloon episode and the ensuing UFO drama have captured America’s attention perhaps because it’s such a caricature of the new Cold War we’re barreling toward.
The image of a fighter jet shooting down a giant balloon over the East Coast, the first kill of the F-22: It would be comical if it hadn’t been quickly used in hawkish posturing around China that, in turn, further strained the
Vox
Aug 28 2022
News
Sandy Hook Families Accuse Alex Jones Of Transferring Millions To Duck Damages
Families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have filed a motion against Alex Jones, accusing him of diverting millions of dollars from his company to get out of paying damages in defamation lawsuits.
The families filed the motion Thursday in a federal bankruptcy court in Texas where Free Speech Systems (FSS), the parent company of the extremist website Infowars
HuffPost
Oct 25 2021
News
Two Facebook tools suppressed traffic of conservative sites: Report
One tool was abandoned, WSJ report on internal debates says.
Another one, known as “Informed Engagement,” reduced the reach of posts that were more likely to be shared if even if the sharer hadn’t read the articles, The Journal reported, elevating the content of mainstream outlets. A 2019 company analysis found its impact fell heavily on sites considered to be conservative.
“We
Washington Times