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Mar 10 2015
News
Sens. Booker, Gillibrand and Paul unveil federal medical marijuana bill
A Historic Senate Medical marijuana Bill Unveiled Tuesday Would Dramatically reshape the Landscape for the Plant, Nearly 80 years after it WAS Effectively Criminalized.
The bill, introduced by Sens. Cory Booker (DN.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (DN.Y.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Would end the federal prohibition on medical marijuana and eliminate the ambiguity surrounding related state laws . It
Washington PostOct 09 2020
News
Clear for Liftoff? The case for and against airline bailouts
This Abridge News topic aggregates four unique arguments on different sides of the debate. Here are the quick facts to get you started:
THE QUICK FACTS
In March 2020, airlines received $25 billion in relief funding that was intended to buoy the industry through the coronavirus pandemic. Restrictions attached with the funding prohibited airline companies from Abridge NewsOct 09 2020
Analysis
A Riot In The Suburbs: Inside The Changing Face Of Wisconsin 2020 '
Dale Kooyenga is emblematic of how the new populist, working-class shifts in the Republican Party can cut both ways. Trim and handsome at 41 years old and the father of four children, he’s the sort any local political party would want to run: a former college basketball player, an Iraq War veteran, and a major in the Army Reserves. Yet in the once button-downed, middle class, solidly
The FederalistSep 23 2019
News
Apple to Keep Building Mac Pro in U.S. After Securing Tariff Relief
Apple Inc. AAPL 0.45% said it is keeping production of its new Mac Pro in Texas, reversing earlier plans to shift assembly of the computer to China.
The decision follows the Trump administration’s move last week to grant tariff exemptions on 10 items Apple imports from China. The exclusions for components, including a power supply and a logic board, cover a period from September of last
Wall Street Journal (News)Jul 10 2016
Headline Roundup
Changes to the Democratic Platform
Changes for minimum wage and healthcare, but not trade, made it into the Democratic platform.
HuffPost Washington Times CNN DigitalFeb 25 2020
News
Coronavirus only part of the story behind the Dow’s drop
As someone has certainly told you by now, the Dow fell by more than 1,000 points yesterday, its worst day in more than two years, erasing all of 2020's gains. Most news headlines assert that the stock market's momentum was finally broken by "coronavirus fears," but that's not the full story.
What's happening: The novel coronavirus has been infecting and killing scores of people for
AxiosDec 10 2019
Analysis
Trump impeachment articles: Democrats decide to 'keep it simple, stupid'
Ever since Nancy Pelosi announced last week that she was instructing the Judiciary Committee to draft articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, speculation swirled as to what exactly they would look like.
Would they be broad, sweeping in a hodgepodge of alleged presidential misdeeds that include evidence gathered over the course of Mr Trump's three-year presidency? Or would they go
BBC NewsSep 14 2019
News
What’s Going On With Trump’s Approval Rating?
Amid headlines about racist tweets, trade wars and hurricane maps, President Trump’s approval rating has dipped slightly since the middle of July. On Tuesday, it stood at 41.0 percent, down from 43.0 percent on July 22 in FiveThirtyEight’s presidential approval tracker. While his approval rating was at 41.6 percent as of Thursday at 5 p.m. ET, this is about as low as Trump’s approval rating
538 (ABC News)Oct 23 2001
News
Don’t Blame Immigrants for Terrorism
In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, the U.S. government must strengthen its efforts to stop terrorists or potential terrorists from entering the country. But those efforts should not result in a wider effort to close our borders to immigrants.
Cato InstituteNov 18 2021
Perspectives Blog
Is Pew’s New Political Typology Quiz Accurate? See How You and AllSides Rate
The latest Political Typology Quiz from Pew Research Center (Center bias) splits Americans into nine distinct political groups, rather than two or three parties. But is it accurate?
The AllSides team frequently uses Pew’s typology quiz, our own Rate Your Bias quiz and other tools to make sure our personal bias ratings are transparent and reflect our current political dispositions. This
AllSides Staff