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Apr 28 2020
Headline Roundup
Trump Lays Out New Coronavirus Testing Blueprint
President Trump announced a new federal coronavirus testing blueprint on Monday that calls on the federal government and the private sector to work closely with state governments to ramp up testing.
The blueprint includes expanding rapid testing at pharmacies, tapping unused lab capacity and making sure governors have the supplies they need to check people for the virus. It also calls
NPR (Online News) Washington Times NBC News (Online)Oct 26 2021
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Virginia Students Stage Walkout to Protest District's Handling of Sexual Assault
Students at schools across Loudoun County, Virginia walked out of classes Tuesday in support of sexual assault victims, following two recent incidents at schools in the district that prompted outrage from local parents and conservatives nationwide.
A 14-year old student was found guilty Monday of sexually assaulting a female student in a Loudoun County school bathroom in May, and faces
Washington Post The Hill Fox News (Online News)Oct 21 2021
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AG Merrick Garland Testifies Before House Judiciary Committee
Attorney General Merrick Garland testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, the same day that the House gets ready to vote on a criminal contempt resolution for Steve Bannon. Garland told lawmakers that the Justice Department "will apply the facts and the law and make a decision" on whether or not to prosecute the former Trump adviser for his refusal to cooperate in the
CNN (Online News) Fox News (Online News) NPR (Online News)Sep 29 2021
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Biden Cancels Trip, Focuses on Spending Bills as Votes Approach
President Joe Biden canceled a Wednesday trip to Chicago and is staying in Washington D.C. as negotiations on his administration's spending bills have stalled. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has planned a vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Thursday, but progressives have pledged to vote against it unless the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package passes along with it. Moderate
Newsweek National Review (News) CNN (Online News)Nov 08 2019
Perspectives Blog
Teaching Children to Resolve Conflict: Q&A with "Two Tribes "Author Tyler Storlie
Earlier this summer, we wrote about a new children's book, Two Tribes, that exposes the dangers of political polarization and shows that solutions and compromises are both possible and necessary for humans to thrive and get along in peace.
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, Two Tribes is now available to purchase. $1 for every copy sold will benefit our nonprofit, AllSides for
Julie MastrineNov 08 2012
News
Iran fired at unarmed US drone, Pentagon says
Iran fired on an unarmed U.S. drone last week as it was hovering in international airspace, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Spokesman George Little said the incident occurred Nov. 1 at 4:50 a.m. ET. He said the unarmed, unmanned drone was conducting "routine surveillance" over the Persian Gulf when it was "intercepted" by Iran. He said the MQ1 Predator drone, which was not hit, was not in
Fox News (Online News)Jul 29 2020
Headline Roundup
Oregon Governor Announces Federal Officers Leaving, but DHS Disagrees
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) announced Wednesday that she and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agreed to a "phased withdrawal" of federal officers deployed to the city of Portland. This announcement specifically mentioned that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers would be leaving. However, DHS Secretary Chad Wolf indicated Wednesday in a
NBC News (Online) Associated Press Fox News (Online News)Oct 16 2013
Perspectives Blog
Shutdown Deal
As an Onion headline said, the whole nation could probably draw John Boehner's face from memory by now. But, get ready to see others faces in the headlines soon. Snippet from the Center Congress moves toward vote on budget deal, Politico “It’s obvious that we are now seeing the end of this agonizing odyssey that this body has been put through, but far more importantly, the American people John Gable, AllSides Co-founderMay 20 2013
News
DOJ Targeted Fox News Reporter by Monitoring Movements
It turns out President Obama's Department of Justice wasn't just targeting Associated Press reporters. The Washington Post has revealed DOJ specifically targeted Fox News' Reporter James Rosen, who covers the State Department. DOJ not only monitored Rosen's phone calls, but his movements.
When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about
TownhallSep 09 2021
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Perspectives: Media Bias and Ivermectin Misinformation
A viral story about Oklahoma hospitals overflowing with people who'd overdosed on horse dewormer turned out to be misleading, but not until several major news sources had elevated the misinformation. The claim that emergency rooms were backed up with overdosing patients, which originally came from a rural Oklahoma doctor, has since been disputed by one Oklahoma hospital and has not been
New Republic Columbia Journalism Review National Review (News)