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Nov 19 2016
News
Donald Trump Will Pay Millions to Settle Those Fraud Lawsuits He Said He's Never Settle
The election of failed casino owner and alleged crotch-grabber Donald J. Trump as president of the United States represents a number of historic firsts. He’ll be the first U.S. president to have previously hosted a reality television show. He’ll be the
Vanity FairDec 10 2016
News
The CIA concluded that Russia worked to elect Trump. Republicans now face an impossible choice.
The Washington Post is now reporting that the CIA has concluded something widely suspected but never flatly stated by the intelligence community: that Russia moved deliberately to help elect Donald Trump as president of the United States — not just to undermine the U.S. political process more generally.
Washington PostNov 22 2014
News
House Panel Finds 'No Intelligence Failure' Before Benghazi Attack
After a nearly two-year investigation, the final report by the House Intelligence Committee concludes that the CIA "ensured sufficient security for CIA facilities in Benghazi and ... bravely assisted the State Department" on Sept. 11, 2012, during a deadly attack on U.S. facilities in Libya.
That's the first conclusion of the report, the result of thousands of hours of investigation
NPR (Online News)Apr 11 2013
News
Zuckerberg immigration group puts big pieces in place
After weeks of anticipation and a shaky start, the new political advocacy group backed by Mark Zuckerberg will launch Thursday with a list of top Silicon Valley CEOs and a notable team of strategists. The group is called FWD.us as in Forward U.S. and its initial push will be on the immigration front.
PoliticoJun 08 2017
Perspectives Blog
Comey Testifies
In an open session in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee today, James Comey the former FBI Director, testified for close to 3 hours. After a short break, he then spoke for another hour in a closed session, most likely containing classified information. It remains to be seen what the results of his testimony will be. Although widely speculated, President Trump did not live tweet during John Gable, AllSides Co-founderSep 29 2016
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Watchdog: Feds wrongly granted citizenship to hundreds facing deportation
More than 800 illegal immigrants from countries of concern who were set for deportation were mistakenly granted U.S. citizenship because the Department of Homeland Security didn’t have their fingerprints on file, according to an internal audit released Monday.
Fox News DigitalApr 06 2020
Opinion
Social Distancing During the Black Death
One of the comforts of studying history is that, no matter how bad things get, you can always find a moment in the past when things were much, much worse. Some commentators on our current crisis have been throwing around comparisons to earlier pandemics, and the Black Death of 1347 — 50 inevitably gets mentioned. Please. The Black Death wiped out half the population of Europe in the space of
QuilletteMay 18 2020
News
Is Remote Voting During COVID-19 a Good Idea for Congress?
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
On Friday, May 15th, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives (controlled by Democrats) approved rule changes that allow for proxy votes and formal remote hearings during the pandemic.Specifically, this means that Abridge NewsMar 25 2016
News
Carpet-bomb ISIS? Terrorism calls for longer-term approach
Some US presidential candidates call for all-out use of air power against the Islamic State. Many terrorism experts have a different take – and optimism about winning the fight.
Christian Science MonitorApr 16 2019
News
Taxes
On Tax Day, both sides weigh in on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which took effect this year. (House.gov)
“Independent analyses have consistently found that a large majority of Americans would owe less because of the law. Preliminary data based on tax filings has shown the same… [but] a survey conducted in early April for The New York Times by the online research platform SurveyMonkey
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