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Jul 04 2012
News
Obama in Fourth of July ceremony calls for comprehensive immigration reform
President Obama on Wednesday used a Fourth of July naturalization ceremony to again call for comprehensive immigration reform. He also reminded those attending the White House ceremony of his recent decision to suspend deportation rules for illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children. “Just as we remain a nation of laws, we have to remain a nation of immigrants, the president
Fox News (Online News)Nov 29 2022
Headline Roundup
Rep. Donald McEachin Dead at 61
House Rep. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) passed away Monday at the age of 61 after a battle with colorectal cancer.
Key Quotes: "We are all devastated at the passing of our boss and friend, Congressman Donald McEachin," said his chief of staff in a statement. "Valiantly, for years now, we have watched him fight and triumph over the secondary effects of his colorectal cancer from 2013. Tonight
The Hill Townhall CNN (Online News)Nov 11 2021
Headline Roundup
Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Jan. 6 Committee's Request for Trump Records
A federal appeals court granted former President Donald Trump's request Thursday to temporarily block the National Archives from sending his White House records to the House select committee probing the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
Earlier this week, a federal judge denied Trump's effort to have executive privilege shield him from the records inquiry. Trump's legal team then asked the U.S
The Daily Caller The Hill NBC News (Online)Jan 13 2021
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Politifact “Fact Check” Is Actually Analysis
From the RightThis piece is from a writer rated Lean Right.
America is politically volatile and has been for some time, and in recent weeks things have only escalated. Amid the turmoil, people are clamoring for cold, hard facts.
Fact checking sites like Politifact (Lean Left bias) promise to help. But sometimes, instead of giving you the facts and letting you interpret
Julie MastrineOct 23 2020
Headline Roundup
Fact Checking the Final 2020 Presidential Debate
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden debated Thursday night in their final faceoff before the presidential election on Nov. 3. Each candidate made several statements that were portrayed as false by fact-checkers throughout the media.
Coverage from right-rated sources concentrated more on Biden's purported lies in regards to environmental policy and the New York
National Review (News) CNN (Online News) FactCheck.orgOct 29 2021
Headline Roundup
Democrats Release Text of Biden's Build Back Better Bill
Democratic lawmakers unveiled the text of a 1684-page, $1.75 trillion spending package Thursday, hours after meeting privately with President Joe Biden to finalize details.
The bill is roughly half of Biden's original $3.5 trillion plan. It includes hundreds of billions of dollars for clean energy and climate investments, child tax credits, housing and child care. Paid family leave,
Fox News (Online News) Roll Call NBC News (Online)Oct 26 2020
Analysis
Pressure builds for US police to change military mindset
On a September morning in 2008, Brian Wood made a distraught retreat from a heated dispute with his wife and sat down with a gun in his truck in the driveway of his suburban Salt Lake City home. The part-time firefighter was having a mental health crisis, and he fired two warning shots when police arrived at the beginning of a 12-hour standoff.
Wood’s father-in-law, William “Dub”
Christian Science MonitorDec 10 2012
News
Baltimore Says, 'Immigrants Welcome'
Hundreds of people gathered in September at Baltimore's harbor as the wind gusted off the water's edge. Nearly 50 of them were about to be sworn in as U.S. citizens. Some were young, some old. There were uniformed members of the U.S. military, parents and children. There were immigrants from El Salvador, China, Honduras and countries in between. They raised their right hands, recited the
NPR (Online News)Jan 05 2021
Perspectives Blog
Georgia Phone Call Causes Some Right-Rated Outlets to Drop Pro-Trump Narrative
To no one’s surprise, President Trump’s phone call this past weekend to Georgia’s Secretary of State about the presidential election results caused a media firestorm.
The president told Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger that he wanted “to find 11,780 votes” and accused Georgia’s vote count of being off “by hundreds of thousands of votes” in favor of Joe Biden. Raffensperger’s office
Henry A. BrechterJan 19 2024
Headline Roundup
Davos Elites Expect Second Trump Term, Consider Implications
Former President Donald Trump was reportedly a hot topic of conversation among business and political leaders this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The Details: Reports often differed in characterizing Davos attendees’ attitudes; CNN (Lean Left bias) said European leaders “dread” Trump’s possible return, and CNBC (Center bias) said U.S. business leaders see “no
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