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Dec 15 2021
News
Omicron spreading rapidly in U.S. and could bring punishing wave as soon as January, CDC warns
Top federal health officials warned in a briefing Tuesday morning that the omicron variant is rapidly spreading in the United States and could peak in a massive wave of infections as soon as January, according to new modeling analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The prevalence of omicron jumped sevenfold in a single week, according to the CDC, and at such a pace,
Washington Post
Aug 01 2021
News
Fauci says more ‘pain and suffering’ still ahead because so many Americans are unvaccinated
Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Sunday that more “pain and suffering” is on the horizon as COVID-19 cases climb again and officials plead with unvaccinated Americans to get their shots.
Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, also said he doesn’t foresee additional lockdowns in the U.S. because he believes enough people are vaccinated to avoid a recurrence of last winter. However,
Daily Press
Oct 06 2021
News
Manchin's 'red line' on abortion splits Democrats
Democrats are clashing over whether to include in their sweeping spending plan a decades-old amendment that blocks Medicaid and other federal health programs from being used to cover abortions.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), already a key stumbling block to Democratic unity on the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, has drawn a line in the sand around the issue, but others in the party are
The Hill
Oct 06 2021
News
Tensions flare as Chinese flights near Taiwan intensify
With record numbers of military flights near Taiwan over the last week, China has been showing a new intensity and military sophistication as it steps up its harassment of the island it claims as its own and asserts its territorial ambitions in the region.
China‘s People’s Liberation Army flew 56 planes in international airspace off the southwest coast of Taiwan on Monday, setting a
Washington Times
Mar 30 2021
Analysis
The Voter-Suppression Lie
It’s not ‘Jim Crow’ to require ID, to expand weekend voting, or to provide food and drink for the general public near polling places.
President Joe Biden is so committed to bipartisan cooperation and fact-based governance that he’s launched an ignorant and incendiary attack on the new Georgia voting law.
Biden says the new law is “Jim Crow in the 21st century” and “an un-American
Rich Lowry
Jun 09 2022
Perspectives Blog
Jan. 6 Committee Hearings Begin
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot held its first public hearing on Thursday evening. The hearing featured new witness testimonies and never-before-seen footage in an attempt to uncover the "culmination of
AllSides Staff
Nov 30 2021
Analysis
Media hit for 'sophomoric and ridiculous' take on Biden's travel ban after calling Trump's restrictions racist
President Biden imposed a travel ban on several African countries in the wake of the new strain of the coronavirus, the omicron variant, despite calling his predecessor "racist" and "xenophobic" for imposing his own travel restrictions - a flashback the media has largely ignored.
In 2017, then-President Trump imposed travel restrictions on six predominantly Muslim countries over
Fox News Digital
Nov 20 2012
News
Why Wal-Mart workers are striking on Black Friday
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The stage has been set for a battle between a group of Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) workers and the retailer on Black Friday. The union-backed group OUR Walmart expects thousands of workers to participate in the protest planned this week. The employees will ask the country's largest employer to end what they call retaliation against speaking out for better pay, fair
CNN Digital
Dec 21 2021
Opinion
Good Riddance to Build Back Better
Senator Joe Manchin declared on Sunday that he is a “no” on President Biden’s Build Back Better bill. Good. The radical legislation that sought to spend trillions of dollars to transform America at a time of historic debt was a bad idea that should never even have made it this far.
After months of back-and-forth negotiations, Manchin said, “I cannot vote to continue with this piece of
National Review (News)
May 05 2021
News
'I wish I had a concrete answer.' Oregon confronts perplexing vaccine hesitancy as Covid-19 cases rise
This mountainous frontier city on the Columbia River plateau romanticizes the pioneer personality of the Old West and celebrates its rugged past with one of the world's oldest rodeos.
In rural Umatilla County, where Pendleton is located, locals take pride in the region's deep sense of freedom, toughness and self-reliance.
It's not entirely surprising then that residents are
CNN Digital