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Mar 03 2020
News
US-Taliban Deal
“The United States signed a deal with Taliban insurgents on Saturday that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war in the nation.” (Reuters)
“Afghanistan’s president said Sunday that he will not free thousands of Taliban prisoners ahead of all-Afghan power-sharing talks set for next week [as laid
The Flip SideJan 13 2022
Perspectives Blog
AllSides Live: Evolving COVID-19 Mandates
How should Americans make sense of changing COVID-19 guidelines? What's the story on hospitalization counts and distinguishing severe COVID-19 patients from asymptomatic cases? And two years into the pandemic, how are Americans feeling about COVID-19 and its impact on their daily lives?
AllSides Managing Editor Henry A. Brechter (Center Bias) joins AllSides Live host Yasmin Tavakoli (
AllSides StaffAug 23 2019
News
As Trump Calls for Cuts, Powell Stresses Limits of Fed Policy
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, kept future interest rate cuts squarely on the table on Friday while stressing that the central bank’s powers to right the economy were limited by President Trump’s trade policies, which continue to pose risks to the economic outlook.
“While monetary policy is a powerful tool that works to support consumer spending, business investment, and
New York Times (News)Feb 12 2021
Analysis
Ignore the Procedural Questions. Senate Democratic Support for a $15 Minimum Wage Is Soft.
Take a quick scan at the discourse surrounding Democrats’ desire to increase the minimum wage to $15 in Biden’s recovery plan, and you’ll read much about the procedural obstacles they face in trying to do so.
The main procedural hurdle is that a minimum wage increase may not be allowed under the filibuster-free process, called budget reconciliation, that they’re using to pass Biden’s
SlateSep 12 2016
News
Trump to release results of physical, calls candidate health 'an issue' after Clinton incident
Donald Trump told Fox News on Monday he plans to release “very, very specific” details from a recent physical, as he declared candidate health “an issue” in this campaign following a medical episode that forced Hillary Clinton to abruptly leave a 9/11 anniversary ceremony on Sunday.
Fox News DigitalDec 05 2013
News
Taxpayers Funding Millions of Dollars for Congressional Staff Abortion Coverage Through Obamacare
Congress is forcing taxpayers opposed to abortion to subsidize Obamacare health insurance plans for Congressional staffers at a rate of 11,000 per plan.
TownhallMay 05 2020
Opinion
Trump's 'Lack of Empathy and Simple Kindness'
This past Saturday, former President George W. Bush released a brief video whose subtweeted message was unmistakable. It recognized the suffering of those who had lost family members, or economic prospects, or hope itself; it emphasized the all of us rather than the us and them response to national crisis; and it appealed to the generous rather than the resentful in human nature.
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The AtlanticOct 09 2016
News
Coming Soon: Two More 'Major' Anti-Trump Oppo Drops?
As this extraordinary and unprecedented (debate eve!) day has unfolded, dozens of elected GOP leaders are rescinding their endorsements of Donald Trump and/or calling on him to withdraw from the race over yesterday's revelation of the 11-year-old audio clip we told you about last night.
TownhallMay 04 2020
Fact Check
Video: Trump Twists Fauci’s Words
In this video, we show how President Donald Trump misquoted Dr. Anthony Fauci’s remarks in late February about the threat that the novel coronavirus posed for Americans.
At the White House on April 28, Trump — in defense of his early response to the coronavirus pandemic — falsely claimed that in late February, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
FactCheck.orgMay 14 2019
News
Conservative media downplay the Trump administration's unprecedented stonewalling of congressional oversight
As legal experts, historians, and Democratic lawmakers have sounded the alarm over President Donald Trump’s blanket obstruction of congressional oversight of his presidency -- suggesting we have reached or are approaching a constitutional crisis -- Trump’s conservative media allies are brazenly misrepresenting the arguments and suggesting everything boils down to a fight over the Mueller
Media Matters