AllSides Balanced Search reveals information and ideas from all sides of the political spectrum so you can get the full picture.
Sep 06 2022
Fact Check
Is This Lauren Boebert With Two Near-Naked Men?
In June 2022, unsubstantiated allegations that U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert had worked previously as an escort and had two abortions were widely circulated on social media. When Boebert addressed these claims, labeling them as fake news, many social media users responded by sharing a photograph that supposedly showed the congresswoman with two nearly naked men.
There’s no evidence that the
SnopesSep 06 2022
News
Chile Rejects Socialist Constitution in Landslide Vote
Chilean voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have given the South American nation a radical new constitution that mandates socialized medicine and a right to free housing, a result that decimates the political ambitions of the country's socialist president.
The referendum to adopt a new constitution, which was struck down by 62 percent of voters on Sunday, would have also
Washington Free BeaconSep 26 2022
News
Putin grants Russian citizenship to whistleblower Edward Snowden
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday granting Russian citizenship to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Driving the news: Snowden fled the United States and was given asylum in Russia after revealing classified documents about the U.S. government's mass surveillance program in 2013.
Snowden was granted permanent residency in Russia in
AxiosSep 26 2022
News
Vladimir Putin grants full Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden
Russian President Vladimir Putin granted full Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden on Monday.
Snowden, 39, fled the United States to Russia after revealing information about extensive surveillance operations being conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA). He is now a Russian citizen by presidential decree, Reuters reported Monday.
The announcement comes
Fox News DigitalJul 17 2022
News
Report details 'systemic failures,' 'egregious' decisions in Uvalde shooting response
For families in Uvalde, Sunday brought with it the weight of the most exhaustive account of their loved one's final moments yet. In a long-awaited, 77-page report, a Texas House committee concluded there is not one person to blame, but instead a long series of "systemic failures and egregious poor decision making" that allowed the deadliest school shooting in state history to unfold May 24.
The Dallas Morning NewsDec 13 2022
News
Rupert Murdoch to be deposed in $1.6 billion Dominion defamation case
Fox Corp (FOXA.O) Chairman Rupert Murdoch is set to be questioned under oath on Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit over his network’s coverage of unfounded vote-rigging claims during the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Election technology company Dominion Voting Systems is seeking $1.6 billion in damages from Fox News Network, which it alleges spread false claims that its machines were
ReutersDec 13 2022
Fact Check
Is 'Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout a Terrorist?
Speaking to reporters at the White House Monday, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan refused to overtly state convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was recently released from a U.S. prison in exchange for WNBA player Brittney Griner, is a terrorist.
"I'm curious, does the administration consider Viktor Bout to be a terrorist?" Sullivan was asked.
CLAIM: "Well, he's
TownhallDec 07 2022
News
Biden Administration 'Obstructing' GOP Probe Into Handling Of Afghanistan Withdrawal: Details
The GOP is setting the stage for a massive probe into the Biden Administration's handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last year; a move that resulted in mass casualties, an exodus of Afghans, and left the militant Islamist Taliban in charge of the crisis-torn country.
The already rushed withdrawal in the face of the U.S.'s dwindling control of Afghanistan was tainted by a
International Business TimesOct 14 2022
News
Americans’ nuclear fears surge to highest levels since Cold War
At a moment when the global COVID-19 pandemic is finally loosening its grip on the public consciousness as an object of existential dread, a new fear has swept in to supplant it: nuclear annihilation.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February has stoked U.S. nuclear fears like no other event since the close of the Cold War, according to foreign policy scholars and public opinion
The HillAug 10 2022
News
Five takeaways from primaries in Wisconsin, Minnesota and beyond
Tuesday’s primaries in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Vermont and Connecticut saw victories for Trump-endorsed candidates in the GOP, wins for progressives on the Democratic side of the aisle and a few history-making moments as well.
Former President Trump and progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) touted their endorsed candidates’ victories, while Democrats in Vermont put the state on track
The Hill