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Apr 29 2021
Analysis
5 winners and 3 losers from President Biden’s first congressional address
Winner: Obamacare. Loser: Wall Street.
President Joe Biden struck a notably optimistic tone in his first speech before a joint session of Congress, coming after a long pandemic year that has been marked by isolation, loss, and for far too many Americans, death.
“After just 100 days — I can report to the nation: America is on the move again,” Biden said during his speech. “Turning
VoxJun 30 2021
News
Trump audit excitement meets with fear from election officials
A monthslong examination of all the ballots from the 2020 election in Arizona’s most populous county may be winding down soon. But now the state is spreading the “audit” playbook across the country.
Supporters of former President Donald Trump — fueled by Trump’s false claim that he did not lose the 2020 election — are behind a new push to review the results in states including Michigan
PoliticoApr 28 2021
Analysis
Biden’s Trillion-Dollar Train Wreck
On the menu today: No, really, you can’t keep track of the Biden administration’s trillion-dollar spending bills without a scorecard — and this administration appears to be whistling past the graveyard on the threat of inflation; there’s some easily overlooked good news on COVID-19 over the past two weeks; another police controversy, this time in California’s Bay area; and looking ahead to
National Review (News)Feb 04 2021
News
Marjorie Taylor Greene Removed from House Committees
The House voted 230-199 to remove Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) from the Education and Budget committees on Thursday evening.
Democrats pushed for Greene’s removal because of numerous past statements and social media posts in support of conspiracy theories, bigotry, and the execution of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.). Greene has expressed skepticism over
National Review (News)May 27 2021
News
Biden to Propose $6 Trillion Budget to Make U.S. More Competitive
The president’s plans to invest in infrastructure, education, health care and more would push federal spending to its highest sustained levels since World War II.
WASHINGTON — President Biden will propose a $6 trillion budget on Friday that would take the United States to its highest sustained levels of federal spending since World War II, while running deficits above $1.3 trillion
New York Times (News)Jan 28 2021
News
Biden says tackling climate change will create jobs, bring economic recovery
President Joe Biden took a series of actions on climate change on his seventh full day in office, fulfilling campaign promises such as freezing new oil and gas leasing on federal land and kicking off his ambitious agenda to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -- making tackling climate change a priority across the federal government.
Biden’s actions Wednesday will follow up on several
Yahoo NewsApr 22 2021
News
Biden unveils sweeping climate goal — and plans to meet it even if Congress won't
President Joe Biden pledged Thursday to slash U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases in at least half by 2030 — an ambitious target that will require retooling the world's largest economy in an effort to put the U.S. at the forefront of the international campaign to slow climate change.
It's a goal the White House insists the U.S. can meet even if Congress rejects Biden's calls for
PoliticoJan 27 2022
Perspectives Blog
Russia-Ukraine Tensions Put World on Edge
Russia's military buildup along its border with Ukraine has sparked fears of an invasion and military mobilization from the U.S. and other European allies. President Joe Biden has predicted a Russian invasion of Ukraine, and originally said a "minor incursion" would elicit a different response from the U.S. than a full-on invasion — a comment that sparked criticism and clarification from
AllSides StaffMay 14 2020
Analysis
Ousted whistleblower warns US is heading toward “darkest winter in modern history”
Dr. Rick Bright, previously the director of a US research agency working on a coronavirus vaccine, testified Thursday morning to a House subcommittee that “without better planning, 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history.”
Bright warned lawmakers in his testimony before the health subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that the US needs to take “simple but
VoxApr 11 2022
Perspectives Blog
When — or Whether — the GOP Splits Over Trump
From the CenterIn recent weeks, I’ve written about divides within the Democratic Party over energy, immigration, police reform and any number of policy matters. But the disagreements among Democrats are actually fairly small to the large and growing chasm in the Republican Party about what exactly to do with Donald Trump. Make no mistake, the former president is still by far the strongest
Dan Schnur