AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
Oct 05 2014
News
Supreme Court Term Carries Expectations For Gay Marriage Hearing
A Supreme Court term that is starting with a lack of headline-grabbing cases may end with a blockbuster that helps define the legacy of the court under Chief Justice John Roberts.
While same-sex marriage is not yet on their agenda, the justices appear likely to take on the issue and decide once and for all whether gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry.
When
HuffPostAug 20 2014
News
Flushing Money Down the Tea Party Toilet
Do you know where your donations go? Not to candidates, if you give to these five Tea Party organizations. It’s a scenario that has become all too familiar. You’re frustrated with the gridlock in D.C. You’re sickened by the burgeoning national debt. You think the country has gone to “hell in a handbasket” under the current administration and party leadership.
And then you get a direct
Daily BeastFeb 07 2024
Headline Roundup
'None of These Candidates' Beats Haley in Nevada Primary Without Trump
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley lost the Nevada Republican primary election to the “none of these candidates” option on the ballot.
A Primary and a Caucus: Nevada is holding both a primary and a caucus, allowing candidates to select which to participate in. Haley chose the primary, while Trump chose the caucus. There are no delegates up for grabs in the Republican primary, only
Associated Press The Hill Fox News (Online News)Jan 24 2013
News
Senate leaders agree to filibuster reforms
Senate leaders struck an agreement Thursday to limit how and when the minority party can launch a filibuster and were presenting the deal to other senators for final sign-off, in a move that could avert what had promised to be a poisonous parliamentary showdown. The crux of the deal preserves the filibuster but gives the majority several different options for how to get bills to the Senate
Washington TimesJan 15 2020
News
Sanders, within striking distance of an Iowa victory, runs into the politics of gender at debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders, sidelined briefly by a heart attack and consistently underestimated by his rivals, has clawed his way into a position that comes as a surprise to many — within striking distance of winning the Democratic caucuses in Iowa and grabbing crucial early momentum in the 2020 nominating contest.
But his position is fragile enough that as the state’s Feb. 3 caucuses grow
Los Angeles TimesJun 04 2019
News
Labour says Trump does not deserve such special honours
Emily Thornberry says party would maintain businesslike relationship with US president
The shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, has said a Labour government would engage in a businesslike way with Donald Trump but would not afford special honours to the US president.
Speaking before a mass demonstration in London on Tuesday, which will be addressed by the Labour leader,
The GuardianJan 05 2021
News
Democrats Aim to Suppress Trump Voters as Last-Ditch Effort in Georgia as Biden Braces for Losses
An ad released in the final hours of the campaign on Monday squarely focused on trying to split Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) from President Donald Trump. “Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, squaring off with President Trump,” a narrator says at the opening of the ad. “Expected to appoint Kelly Loeffler to the open U.S. Senate seat.”
The ad focused on trying to split Trump from Loeffler, by
Breitbart NewsDec 06 2022
Headline Roundup
Biden Visits New Semiconductor Plant in Arizona, Defends Not Visiting Border
President Joe Biden visited the site of a new semiconductor plant in Arizona on Tuesday, and defended his decision not to visit the southern border during the trip.
For Context: Amid a global semiconductor shortage, Biden signed the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act in August, which includes $52 billion in funding to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing. On Tuesday, Biden toured
International Business Times Associated Press New York Post (News)Jul 02 2012
News
Poll: Half of Hispanics independent
In an election year in which Hispanics in the U.S. are expected to play a crucial role, a significant percentage of them may be up for grabs come November, a new USA Today/Gallup poll suggests. A slight majority of Hispanics in the country, 51 percent, identify as politically independent, according to the survey released Monday. About a third, 32 percent, consider themselves Democrats, while
PoliticoMar 02 2020
Opinion
Pete Buttigieg and Tom Steyer drop out. Other Democrats also should do the right thing.
With the Super Tuesday primaries rapidly approaching, a broad swath of Democratic voters are less interested in the political "revolution" promised by front-runner Bernie Sanders than they are in someone who would simply restore decency to the White House and provide stable leadership without wrecking the economy.
So far, however, those non-Sanders votes have been fragmented among half
USA TODAY