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Jun 08 2021
News
Lab leak? Why Congress is split on investigating COVID’s origins.
Both sides say it’s important to get the truth of how the pandemic started. Republicans want Congress to investigate the lab leak theory, which has gained new credence. But Democrats are wary of a politicized process.
A year and a half into a worldwide pandemic that is blamed for the deaths of more than 3 million people, a Chinese lab in Wuhan is under growing scrutiny for a possible
Christian Science Monitor
Sep 15 2021
News
Facebook Tried to Make Its Platform a Healthier Place. It Got Angrier Instead.
In the fall of 2018, Jonah Peretti, chief executive of online publisher BuzzFeed, emailed a top official at Facebook Inc. The most divisive content that publishers produced was going viral on the platform, he said, creating an incentive to produce more of it.
He pointed to the success of a BuzzFeed post titled “21 Things That Almost All White People are Guilty of Saying,” which received
Wall Street Journal (News)
Nov 06 2020
Opinion
The Polling Crisis Is a Catastrophe for American Democracy
Even with the results of the presidential contest still out, there’s a clear loser in this election: polling.
Surveys badly missed the results, predicting an easy win for former Vice President Joe Biden, a Democratic pickup in the Senate, and gains for the party in the House. Instead, the presidential election is still too close to call, Republicans seem poised to hold the Senate, and
The Atlantic
Nov 15 2021
Headline Roundup
West Wing Reportedly Frustrated with VP Harris
Reports across the spectrum have detailed frustration within the White House over purported dysfunction with Vice President Kamala Harris and her team.
According to anonymous White House sources, Harris is saying that President Joe Biden is not supporting her the way he does white male politicians, and her staff is reportedly frustrated that Biden is dumping politically charged issues
New York Post (News)
Business Insider 
Politico
Apr 28 2022
Headline Roundup
Congress, Biden Move to Seize and Sell Assets of Russian Oligarchs
The White House is proposing new legislation that would allow the U.S. to further seize and sell the assets of Russian oligarchs.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed similar legislation, called the Asset Seizure for Ukraine Reconstruction Act. The White House plans to go further by calling for interagency collaboration between the Justice Department, State Department
BBC News
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HuffPost
Mar 06 2019
News
Ready to inhale: Democratic 2020 contenders embrace marijuana legalization
Cory Booker has reintroduced his U.S. Senate bill to legalize marijuana at the federal level. Beto O’Rourke called for expunging the records of those arrested for possession of the drug. Kamala Harris admitted she had smoked pot - and inhaled.
When it comes to legalizing marijuana, many of the current and potential 2020 Democratic presidential contenders are eager to show they are cool
Reuters
May 13 2021
Perspectives Blog
Pipeline Hack Leads to Gas Shortages Across the Southeast
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Gas stations were dry across the southeastern United States this week following a ransomware attack that shut down one of the east coast's main gasoline pipelines. The Colonial Pipeline shut down operations Saturday after the hack; it delivers roughly 45% of all of fuel consumed along the east coast. Stations
AllSides Staff
Jun 24 2020
News
President Trump Ramps Up 2020 Message to Evangelicals, Says Biden Will Destroy Pro-Life Movement
On a hot, humid June day at the White House, CBN News greeted President Donald Trump on the iconic colonnade outside the Oval Office.
During our time together both outside and inside the Oval Office, the president had a lot on his mind. It led to a wide-ranging interview that touched on numerous topics including the coronavirus, racial tensions, his poll numbers, John Bolton, the
CBN
Nov 19 2012
News
Both Sides Itching For A Confirmation Fight Over Susan Rice
The election was over. As President Obama faced the press in the East Room of the White House on Wednesday, the anger and bitterness of his long battle with Mitt Romney seemed to have faded. Unlike President George W. Bush after his 2004 re-election — and his comments about having political capital and intending to spend it — Obama seemed a bit more humble victor, talking more about compromise
NPR (Online News)
Jan 18 2021
News
Josh Hawley’s Book On Big Tech Picked Up By Conservative Publisher After Cancellation
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has found a new publisher for his book after Simon & Schuster dumped him following his objection to certifying the 2020 presidential election.
The conservative publishing house Regnery has picked up Hawley’s book, titled “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” for a May 4 release date. Simon & Schuster cut Hawley’s book on Jan. 7 following a riot on Capitol Hill over
The Daily Wire