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Feb 01 2016
Perspectives Blog
Menace or Victim? Depends Who You Ask
There are two sides to every story. If we only consider the story from one point of view, are we truly thinking for ourselves, or simply being told what to think?
“We tend to choose up sides very quickly…All the liberals line up on one side and all the conservatives line up on the other,” says Larry Sabato, Director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. But complicated
Beth BallentineJun 25 2020
Headline Roundup
Watchdog: $1.4 Billion In Stimulus Money Sent to Deceased People
Internal Revenue Services (IRS) sent roughly 1 million checks to deceased people, amounting to about $1.4 billion, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office, an independent government watchdog. The IRS did not believe it had the legal authority to withhold the payments, until reversing course for reasons unclear on April 30. The $1.4 billion equals roughly .5% of all the
Politico Forbes MarketWatchAug 20 2021
Headline Roundup
US Works to Evacuate Americans, Afghans at Kabul Airport
The U.S. military is evacuating American citizens and Afghans from Afghanistan as people flee the country following the government's collapse and Taliban takeover. A Pentagon spokesperson said U.S. military planes can evacuate 5,000 to 9,000 people per day from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Thousands are trying to escape the country at the airport, creating chaos and
The Epoch Times NBC News (Online) Associated PressMar 12 2024
Headline Roundup
TikTok Ban: Freedom of Speech vs. National Security
Should TikTok be banned if ByteDance refuses to sell the app to an American company?
For Context: The House of Representatives could soon vote on a bill that would give President Joe Biden authority to ban TikTok if ByteDance, the app’s Chinese parent company, does not sell the app to an American company.
First Amendment Concerns? A columnist in the Boston Globe (Left bias)
The Boston Globe Newsweek Wall Street Journal (Opinion)May 05 2020
Headline Roundup
Excitement, Fear as States Begin to Reopen
As state governments begin to lift stay-at-home orders, enthusiasm and concern have risen from throughout the political spectrum, with many reports highlighting different details of reopenings from state-to-state.
Many left-rated outlets pointed to reports of higher-than-expected death projections and purported contradictions between White House social distancing guidelines and Trump's
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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
Headline Roundup
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
Headline Roundup
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
Headline Roundup
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
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