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Mar 04 2021
News
Biden seeks dismissal of 'sanctuary' funding dispute at Supreme Court
President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss three pending appeals on former President Donald Trump’s effort to withhold millions of dollars in law enforcement funds from states and cities that refused to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Reuters
Mar 27 2020
Headline Roundup
Trump Signs $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus
President Donald Trump signed a $2.2 trillion stimulus bill into law Friday afternoon, aimed at stabilizing the economy and American life amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. The legislation — the largest of its kind in U.S. history — includes direct payments to individuals, increased unemployment benefits, and bailouts for small business and corporations.
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Associated Press
CNN Digital
Fox News Digital 
Apr 22 2021
Perspectives Blog
/Story of the Week: Derek Chauvin Found Guilty On All Charges In George Floyd's Death
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On Tuesday, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts in the May 2020 death of George Floyd, which sparked nationwide protests and riots against racism and police shootings. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-
AllSides Staff
Aug 19 2021
News
Confidential State Department Cable in July Warned of Afghanistan’s Collapse
About two dozen State Department officials serving at the embassy in Kabul sent an internal memo to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and another top State Department official last month warning of the potential collapse of Kabul soon after the Aug. 31 troop withdrawal deadline, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the cable.
The cable, sent via the State Department’s
Wall Street Journal (News)
Aug 10 2021
News
NSA watchdog to investigate Tucker Carlson's allegations he was spied on
The National Security Agency's inspector general announced Tuesday that it is investigating allegations that the NSA "improperly targeted the communications of a member of the U.S. news media."
Why it matters: Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed in June that a whistleblower had informed him NSA was monitoring his electronic communications "in an attempt to take this show off the air."
Axios
Oct 20 2021
News
Senate Republicans block Freedom to Vote Act, Democrats’ latest election overhaul bill
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked the advancement of the Freedom to Vote Act, one of three major voting bills brought forward by Democrats in Congress this year.
"Our Republican colleagues may not agree with everything in this bill. Okay, then don't be scared. Don't hide behind your desk. Don't deny us the right to simply debate this bill,” Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Washington Examiner
Dec 26 2020
Opinion
Assange, and the critical threat to publishing state secrets
Remember that little spying case against Julian Assange? The Department of Justice indicted him last year for publishing classified US military and State Department documents leaked in 2010 by Chelsea Manning, who was then a soldier in Iraq. While Attorney General William Barr is now on his way out the door, the charges against the WikiLeaks founder, brought under the Espionage Act, are alive
Columbia Journalism Review
Feb 06 2022
News
Judges Weigh More Biden Vaccine-Mandate Cases After Supreme Court Rulings
Courts around the country are weighing how to apply the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent mixed guidance on the federal government’s power to impose Covid-19 vaccine mandates, as judges consider whether the Biden administration can enforce such requirements on groups including government contractors and federal workers.
Last month, the Supreme Court issued a pair of divided rulings that
Wall Street Journal (News)
Oct 15 2020
Opinion
The NBA Bubble Was Good
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers closed down the NBA bubble on Sunday, running away with the NBA Finals in a Game 6 blowout of the Miami Heat. The Lakers’ title-clenching win was an anticlimactic cap of what Dan Devine of the Ringer called “the most chaotic, unprecedented and unforgettable season in NBA history.” The NBA postponed its season for four months because of the pandemic, had
Slate
Apr 22 2021
News
A new way of putting private money where the forests are
The U.S., Norwegian and British governments have joined forces with a group of big companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions by rewarding countries that put a stop to the destruction of tropical forests.
By tapping into private investors, the plan would demonstrate the efforts by world governments to marshal private money in the costly fight against climate change.
Washington Post