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Apr 27 2021
Opinion
Biden’s plan to raise capital-gains taxes on the rich is good politics but bad economics
The leak about the second phase of proposed tax increases concerning capital gains pushed the investor community into a frenzy.
While the details of the proposal are not yet known, it looks like the administration is planning to tax capital gains at regular income tax levels for individuals with incomes above $1 million, pushing the top rate on capital gains from 23.8% (including
MarketWatchFeb 03 2022
News
Zucker, Gollust’s cozy ties with Andrew Cuomo included coaching him on COVID briefings
Ousted CNN honcho Jeff Zucker and his paramour Allison Gollust made personal calls to Andrew Cuomo in 2020 in a bid to lure the governor to make more flattering appearances on his brother Chris Cuomo’s show, The Post has learned.
Looking to keep Andrew Cuomo on his brother’s show and boost ratings even as controversy swirled around the puffy segments, Gollust personally called Cuomo
New York Post (News)Feb 14 2023
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Biden, GOP Trade Misleading Claims on Social Security, Medicare
Are Republicans looking to get rid of Medicare and Social Security?
Did President Biden himself recently cut $280 billion in Medicare?
These viral claims – from Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R) and Biden himself – are highly misleading. They’re also a good example of how different sides hold different “truths,” and how fact checkers can be biased. Here’s why.
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Henry A. BrechterMay 12 2022
News
Biden administration cancels Alaska oil and gas lease sale
The Biden administration has canceled one of the most high-profile oil and gas lease opportunities pending before the Interior Department. The decision, which halts the potential to drill for oil in over 1 million acres in the Cook Inlet in Alaska, comes at a challenging political moment, when gas prices are hitting painful new highs.
In a statement shared first with CBS News, the
CBS News (Online)Jun 21 2022
News
Supreme Court Hands Down Huge Victory on School Choice
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday morning that government tuition assistance programs cannot discriminate against religious schools. The opinion is from Carson v. Makin, a case out of Maine.
"Maine has enacted a program of tuition assistance for parents who live in school districts that do not operate a secondary school of their own. Under the program, parents designate the secondary
TownhallJun 10 2022
News
Biden approval sinks to 22% among young adults, 24% among Hispanics: poll
Approval of President Biden’s job performance slipped to just 33% in a poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University — as even key Democratic voting blocs such as young people and racial minorities give the president a big thumbs-down.
The survey, conducted June 3-6, found that 22% of Americans ages 18-34 approve of Biden’s performance — the lowest rating of any age group. Just 24%
New York Post (News)Sep 22 2020
News
U.S. reaches 200,000 coronavirus deaths
The coronavirus has now killed 200,000 Americans, according to Johns Hopkins data.
The big picture: Whatever context you try to put this in, it is a catastrophe of historic proportions — and is yet another reminder of America's horrific failure to contain the virus.
The coronavirus has killed a bigger share of the American population than it has in almost any other wealthy
AxiosDec 05 2022
Perspectives Blog
How Political Parties Can Unlock the Youth Vote Next Election
This piece was written by Jessica Carpenter from BridgeUSA, which AllSides rates as Mixed. Read more about Mixed ratings here.
This midterm election, 27% of voters aged 18-29 cast their ballot in their local elections. This is the second-highest youth turnout during the midterms in the past 30 years, and it challenges the idea that young people don’t care about voting, or about
BridgeUSAJul 25 2022
News
White House doctor: Biden’s ‘symptoms continue to improve significantly’
After testing positive for Covid-19 last week, President Joe Biden’s symptoms “continue to improve significantly,” the White House physician said in a memo Sunday.
Biden finished a third day of treatment with the antiviral Paxlovid on Saturday night and his “predominant symptom now is a sore throat,” wrote Kevin O’Connor, the physician to the president. He noted that the sore throat was
PoliticoAug 03 2022
Analysis
'Living with COVID': Where the pandemic could go next
London/Chicago, Aug 1 (Reuters) - As the third winter of the coronavirus pandemic looms in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning weary governments and populations alike to brace for more waves of COVID-19.
In the United States alone, there could be up to a million infections a day this winter, Chris Murray, head of the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), an
Reuters