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Jan 22 2021
News
Chuck Grassley Urges Biden to Condemn Violence in Seattle and Portland
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is prodding President Joe Biden to speak out and condemn the recent wave of protests and violence that has erupted in Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, respectively.
Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, took to social media as protests continued in both cities Thursday. He highlighted that Biden, himself, has yet to
Breitbart NewsAug 10 2020
News
What Happened in Chicago Last Night? How Looting and Rioting Broke Out
Widespread rioting and looting erupted on the streets of Chicago after people clashed with police over an officer-involved shooting the previous day.
Hundreds of people were seen ransacking businesses during a period of unrest which lasted several hours across the city from late Sunday into Monday morning.
Dozens of stores were looted along the "Magnificent Mile" shopping
NewsweekOct 14 2021
News
U.S. Aims to Resume Regular Evacuation Flights From Afghanistan
The State Department plans to resume regular evacuation flights from Afghanistan before the end of the year to help U.S. citizens, residents and some visa applicants leave the country, a senior State Department official said.
The small number of U.S. citizens and thousands of Afghans left behind after the chaotic evacuation effort in the final weeks of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 02 2021
News
CDC rebuffs Biden bid to reinstate COVID-19 eviction moratorium
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has turned down President Joe Biden's request for a new scaled-down pandemic-related moratorium on residential evictions, citing a lack of legal authority to take the action, the White House said on Monday.
The previous moratorium, which protected millions of Americans behind on their rent from being tossed out of houses and
ReutersApr 13 2020
Analysis
Kids Missing School Because of Coronavirus? Don't Worry Too Much
Many people are finding it hard to parent in the age of COVID-19. They're trying to supervise their children and work from home at the same time, a combination made yet more difficult when they're being asked to ensure that the kids spend sufficient time and effort on their online classes.
Some frustrated parents are admitting defeat. One mom, archeologist Sarah Parcak, tweeted that she
ReasonJun 27 2019
News
Winners and losers from the Democratic presidential debate’s first night
The first night of the first debate of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary is over, with the first 10 candidates jousting Wednesday night in Miami.
Below are our winners and losers.
Winners
Elizabeth Warren: The Massachusetts senator went into the debate with the biggest target on her back as the highest-polling candidate onstage. But she largely skated. Other
Washington PostOct 20 2021
News
Senate Democrats are pushing a voting rights bill Republicans have vowed to block
Senate Democrats are set to try again to advance voting rights legislation on Wednesday, despite widespread opposition from Republicans.
Democrats say federal voting legislation is needed to counteract a wave of new restrictions from Republican-controlled state legislatures across the country. Critics of those laws say they are making it more difficult to vote, particularly for people
NPR (Online News)Dec 27 2019
News
Eddie Gallagher's Navy SEAL platoon members blast him in leaked videos
Navy SEAL platoon members painted a dark picture of Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher, their leader who was acquitted of war crimes and had a minor charge cleared by President Trump, in leaked investigatory interview videos and text messages obtained by the New York Times.
Why it matters: The interviews, given by members of the platoon members that served under Gallagher, break the
AxiosMay 16 2024
Headline Roundup
As Housing Costs Boost Inflation, Some Areas See Prices Fall
Several news outlets have noted falling housing prices in parts of Texas, Florida, and other states, even as prices continued to rise elsewhere.
The Details: According to detailed data visualizations by The Washington Post (Lean Left bias), Austin, TX and San Antonio, TX saw a significant cluster of ZIP Codes with falling housing prices in 2023. On the other hand, parts of Wisconsin,
Wall Street Journal (News) Washington Post Fox BusinessJul 26 2014
News
Administration Considers Giving Honduran Youth Refugee Status
At this point in the border crisis, one would think the administration would be doing all it can to actually stem the flow of illegal immigrants from Central America. In reality, however, it seems some of their proposed solutions would do just the opposite.
The New York Times reports:
Hoping to stem the recent surge of migrants at the Southwest border, the Obama administration
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