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Mar 11 2020
News
Response to coronavirus could test limits of government powers
Coronavirus lockdowns abroad are raising questions about the upper limits of government power as health officials in the U.S. and around the world scramble to slow the spread of infection.
The U.S. public health toolbox contains a host of potential measures, ranging from gentle prodding over hand washing, to more severe actions like prohibitions on large gatherings and even sharp
The Hill
Aug 08 2015
News
State Dept. blames classified information for Clinton email delays
The State Department says all of the potential secret information in former Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s emails has knocked them off pace, and told a federal judge late Friday that’s why they are currently in violation of his orders.
John F. Hackett, the top open-records officer for the department, said the government belatedly realized all of the potentially classified
Washington Times
Dec 19 2019
News
Trump, Unbowed, Uses Rally to Strike Back Against Impeachment Vote
The president traveled to Michigan, a vital electoral state, to deliver his response after he became the third president to be impeached by the House.
President Trump angrily responded to the impeachment he had long been dreading on Wednesday, lashing out at his Democratic accusers in a rambling two-hour speech and calling for their defeat in November.
Moments after the House
New York Times (News)
Oct 03 2013
Perspectives Blog
3 Sides of the Government Shutdown
With a government shutdown in effect and the "Obamacare" health exchanges opening this week, a clamor of debate and outrage has been echoing across the news landscape.
For some perspective, we've been bringing you Left, Center, and Right news and views on the government shutdown. What follows are some examples.
Snippet from the CenterGovernment shutdown: GOP moderates huddle
John Gable, AllSides Co-founder
Aug 31 2020
News
Wisconsin governor urges Trump not to visit Kenosha: 'I am concerned your presence will only hinder our healing'
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) urged President Trump on Sunday to "reconsider" his plans to visit Kenosha, Wis., which has been rocked by unrest for the past several nights following the shooting of Jacob Blake by police.
In a letter to the White House shared by Evers's office Sunday afternoon, the governor warned that Trump's presence could "hinder" the state's attempts to heal after a
The Hill
Aug 31 2020
News
Supreme Court's split decision for abortion rights gives opponents an unlikely boost
The Supreme Court's decision in June striking down a Louisiana restriction on abortion clinics is giving abortion opponents an unlikely opportunity in other states.
Officials in Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Oklahoma have in recent weeks argued that the high court's narrow 5-4 ruling actually bolsters their defense of anti-abortion laws, even though the justices ruled against
USA TODAY
Jan 13 2015
News
Louisiana’s Common Core Debacle
John White may be the silver-tongued boy wonder of the school reform movement, lauded for his political acumen and often mentioned as a future U.S. secretary of education. But last fall, Louisiana’s whip-smart and occasionally cantankerous education superintendent found himself on a lonely mission: driving his state-issued Prius along the Bayou State’s two-lane highways, stopping at churches,
Politico
Oct 15 2021
Perspectives Blog
When We Should Pay Attention to Iowa
It’s pretty easy to forget about Iowa in between presidential elections.
Every four years, dozens of candidates, hundreds of journalists and thousands of activists descend on the state for a brief frenzy of activity leading up to its presidential caucuses. But for residents of the other forty-nine states, Iowa otherwise tends to be a political afterthought.
Under most
Dan Schnur
May 15 2020
News
Hopes fade for coronavirus relief deal before June
Striking a bipartisan deal over a new coronavirus relief bill is becoming increasingly unlikely before June with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at odds over additional legislation.
Though the House is expected to vote on a $3 trillion bill as soon as Friday, that piece of legislation has been declared “dead on arrival” in the Senate,
The Hill
Mar 06 2020
News
Trump approves $8.3 billion to fight coronavirus, cancels visit to CDC
U.S. President Donald Trump called off a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday, saying he did not want to “interfere” as the agency races to stem the coronavirus that has infected more than 100,000 people globally.
Trump canceled his plans to travel to the headquarters to the main U.S. agency fighting the outbreak before signing a bill allocating $
Reuters