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Mar 15 2013
Opinion
A Balanced Budget Should Take a Backseat to Real Reforms
Isabel Sawhill says a budget solution should enact reforms to both taxes and entitlements now but phase them in gradually so as not to undermine the recovery. Sawhill argues that whether or not the budget is balancednbspin ten years should not actually be the main priority for lawmakers it should be restoring confidence that the government can come to agreement on major issues.
Brookings Institution
Oct 10 2015
News
Sanders focuses on gun violence, immigration as 13,000 attend Arizona rally
Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders made a pair of spirited pitches here Friday night to address continuing gun violence and pass comprehensive immigration reform during a boisterous rally that drew an estimated 13,000 people to a city park.
In a departure from his usual stump speech, which focuses heavily on economic inequality, the senator from Vermont began his remarks by zeroing in
Washington Post
May 29 2016
News
Sanders warns Clinton against moderate as VP
Bernie Sanders is warning Hillary Clinton against picking a moderate Democrat as her running mate.
But he's staying away from criticizing his rival over her private email use during her tenure as secretary of state, continuing to downplay an issue that Republicans have used heavily against Clinton. Still locked in a heated primary battle against Clinton, Sanders said Sunday on NBC's "
CNN Digital
Mar 25 2019
News
Mueller delivers a win for Trump — Five Takeaways
There was relief for the White House and frustration for President Trump’s foes on Sunday when a summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings was released by Attorney General William Barr.
The 22-month probe is over. Here are the main takeaways.
A big win for Trump
The president could hardly have hoped for a better outcome than the one delivered in Barr’s letter to
The Hill
Sep 04 2016
News
We Could Hit A 10-Year Low In Deportations This Year
Under the Obama administration, deportations could hit a 10-year low. In 2015, the number of deportations fell to its lowest point since President Obama took office. In 2014, pro-immigration lawmakers and activists criticized him for being a “deporter in chief." After Congress failed in passing a comprehensive immigration package (i.e. Gang of Eight Bill), the president decided to go at it
Townhall
Aug 27 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias By Photo: Biden’s Presser on Afghanistan
After at least 13 US service members and more than 100 Afghans were killed in attacks by Islamic terrorists near the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday — the deadliest incident for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since 2011 — President Joe Biden gave a press conference. AllSides noticed many news outlets led with a particular photo of Biden from the presser — an image of the president
Julie Mastrine
Nov 09 2013
News
Which of the 11 American nations do you live in?
Red states and blue states? Flyover country and the coasts? How simplistic. Colin Woodard, a reporter at the Portland Press Herald and author of several books, says North America can be broken neatly into 11 separate nation-states, where dominant cultures explain our voting behaviors and attitudes toward everything from social issues to the role of government.
Washington Post
Oct 22 2019
News
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals win Canada’s election
He survived the scandals.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party has won the 2019 Canadian federal election, according to a projection from the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC). While the Liberals lost seats in parliament, controlling only a plurality of seats rather than an outright majority, they still have enough to keep control of government.
This was an
Vox
Nov 09 2013
News
Rules Spell Out How Insurers Must Cover Mental Health
Five years after Congress required insurers to cover mental-health and medical problems equally, the Obama administration on Friday issued regulations on how the law should be implemented.
The long-awaited final rule caps decades of efforts by psychiatrists, patients and other advocates to broaden coverage for the estimated one in four Americans who suffer from mental illness or
Wall Street Journal (News)
May 13 2015
News
World Congress of Families heading to Salt Lake City in the fall
The World Congress of Families will be held in Salt Lake City Oct. 27-30, marking the first time that the international family-focused gathering has taken place in the United States.
But Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker issued a statement Tuesday saying that even though his duties as mayor include protecting people's rights to assembly and free speech, he believes the World Congress of
Deseret News