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Feb 09 2023
Perspectives Blog
Chinese Spy Balloon Upends US-China Diplomatic Efforts
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A spy balloon linked to China floated over the continental United States before being shot down off the coast of South Carolina.
What Happened? On February 2, it was reported that the Pentagon was monitoring a suspected spy balloon floating over Montana. As it floated east
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May 06 2021
Opinion
How campaign finance corruption keeps the minimum wage low
Many of us have worked from home during the pandemic, but not everybody has that luxury. Have you been to your local grocery store? Minimum wage workers who have kept food on our tables have been called "frontline heroes" – and yet when the chance arose to increase their wage to $15 an hour, the proposal was voted down. And the vote was not just along party lines – eight Democrats joined
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Dec 09 2022
News
'What I believe is right for my state ... for the country': Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is leaving Democratic Party
Republicans may have missed an opportunity to pick up a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia this week, but Democrats will soon be missing a senator.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has announced that she is leaving the Democratic Party, driven out by "extreme voices" driving the party "toward the fringes."
Rather than caucus with Republicans, Sinema, who started out with the Green Party, is
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Mar 02 2021
News
GOP Senators Grill FBI Director over Use of Geolocation Data to Track Capitol Rioters
Senators Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) and Mike Lee (R., Utah) on Tuesday pressed FBI Director Christopher Wray on the procedures federal law enforcement officials have used to track down those who participated in the January 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol.
“I’m anxious to see those who committed unlawful, violent acts on January 6 brought to justice,” Lee said during a Senate Judiciary Hearing on
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Apr 28 2020
News
Biden’s Assault Allegations and VP Choice
On Monday, Business Insider reported that “[Tara] Reade's former neighbor Lynda LaCasse, a Biden supporter, tells Insider that Reade told her about the alleged assault in detail in 1995 or 1996… A former colleague of Reade's also told Insider that Reade talked in the mid-1990s of being sexually harassed by her former boss in Washington, DC.” (Business Insider)
Last Friday, The Intercept
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Mar 13 2023
Perspectives Blog
When Mike Pence Goes Rogue
From the CenterExpectations were low when former Vice President Mike Pence took the stage on Saturday night at the Gridiron Dinner, the Washington institution where politicians and journalists try to entertain their colleagues in a less-than-serious way.
But Pence actually got some good reviews for the way he played off of his straight-arrow, deeply religious persona.
“I
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Mar 10 2023
Perspectives Blog
AllSides News Briefing: March 10, 2023
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Hello! I’m AllSides Managing Editor Henry A. Brechter. It’s Friday, March 10, 2023. Here’s your AllSides balanced briefing for today.
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Jul 10 2015
News
Dylann Roof Illegally Obtained the Gun He Used — The FBI Just Announced Who Allowed That to Happen
Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who massacred nine black Christians at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, used an illegally purchased firearm to conduct his terrorist act. Now, it appears that the federal government failed to flag him.
FBI Director James Comey met with a group of reporters at the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., where
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Jun 26 2021
News
Ghani: Afghanistan having '1861 moment' amid U.S. troop withdrawal
Afghan president Ashraf Ghani on Friday said his country is experiencing an “1861 moment, like President Lincoln” after he met with President Joe Biden, while emphasizing that America’s decision to withdraw its troops was a sovereign one.
Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, head of the country’s High Council for National Reconciliation, met with Biden in Washington, D.C., as the U.S. military
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Dec 29 2022
News
Cancellation-plagued Southwest has raked in billions from US government for upkeep
Southwest Airlines, which has canceled or delayed tens of thousands of flights this holiday season, has received massive amounts in federal subsidies in the last several years, records show.
Southwest has canceled over 15,700 flights since winter weather began to affect air travel on Dec. 22, far more than any other commercial United States airline, according to records compiled by
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