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May 15 2024
Headline Roundup
Google Adds AI Answers to Search, Threatening Online Publishers
Google is rolling out AI-powered answers in its search results this week, prompting fears from online media publishers who rely on search traffic.
The Details: Along with “AI Overviews,” which summarize results in response to queries, Google is launching several AI upgrades, including searching via video. As The Verge (Lean Left bias) put it, “Google is redesigning its search engine —
New York Post (News) Poynter Washington PostOct 02 2013
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White House: Obama asking for ‘nothing’ in shutdown deal
When President Obama meets with congressional leaders late Wednesday afternoon, he’ll ask for nothing other than that Republicans allow the federal government to reopen. “A negotiation in the Washington sense traditionally implies give-and-take, trade-offs, demands, if you give me this, I’ll give you that. The president’s
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Washington TimesSep 17 2019
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Saudi Oil Facilities Attacked
On Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported that “U.S. intelligence indicates Iran was the staging ground for a debilitating attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry… U.S. officials shared with Saudi Arabia the intelligence reports and their assessment that Iran launched more than 20 drones and at least a dozen missiles at the Saudi oil facilities on Saturday… But Saudi officials said the U.S.
The Flip SideMay 27 2016
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Reduction of Nuclear Arsenal Has Slowed Under Obama, Report Finds
A new census of the American nuclear arsenal shows that the Obama administration last year dismantled its smallest number of warheads since taking office.
The new figures, released by the Pentagon, also highlight a trend — that the current administration has reduced the nuclear stockpile less than any other post-Cold War presidency.
On Thursday, the Federation of American
New York Times (News)Apr 12 2024
Headline Roundup
‘Civil War’ Movie: ‘Terrifying Premonition’ or ‘Grandly Tasteless’?
As America enters a particularly polarized 2024 election cycle, Alex Garland’s “Civil War” movie depicts a near-future U.S. mired in internal conflict. Is it a serious prediction of a dark future, or a shallow story without a real argument?
The Details: A synopsis from IMDb says the film, which released Friday, portrays “A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of
Financial Times New York Times (Opinion) National Review (Opinion)Aug 21 2014
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Iowa GOP Senate candidate takes on military sexual assaults, armed with personal story
As a combat veteran who served in the Iraq war, Iowa Republican candidate Joni Ernst knows first-hand how difficult it is to fight a war on two fronts.
Yet, that's exactly what Ernst is doing as she battles a seasoned Democratic rival, Rep. Bruce Braley, for the state's open Senate seat -- while locking horns with her former bosses and some in her own party over the reporting of sexual
Fox News DigitalJun 14 2019
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How the Trump administration is using 9/11 to build a case for war with Iran
The Trump administration keeps saying that it doesn’t want to go to war with Iran. The problem is that some top officials continue to make statements that could pave a dubiously legal and factually challenged pathway to war.
If that’s the intention, a major flare-up between Washington and Tehran could lead the administration to say it has the right to launch what would be one of the
VoxApr 17 2019
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Trump vetoes Congress’s directive to end US involvement in bloody Saudi-led war in Yemen
Congress reasserted its constitutional power over declaring wars. Trump called it an attempt to “weaken my constitutional authorities.”
President Donald Trump vetoed Congress’s bipartisan resolution to withdraw US support from the Saudi-led war in Yemen, cementing American involvement in a deadly humanitarian crisis abroad.
In a historic move, Congress passed a War Powers
VoxApr 17 2019
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Bernie’s Millionaire Status and Town Hall
“U.S. Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders released 10 years of tax returns on Monday, providing details of his growing status as a millionaire fueled by a sharp jump in income from book royalties since his losing 2016 White House run.” (Reuters)
The left argues that Bernie’s millionaire status does not change the potency of his ideas and policy proposals, and considers the
The Flip SideMar 14 2013
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Left, Right Unveil US Budget Utopias
Rep. Paul Ryan R-Wis. speaks about the 2014 Budget Resolution during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington March 12 2013. Carolyn KasterAP Photo Budgets are like dreams. When conservative House Republicans and liberal Democrats in the House Progressive Caucus each released their broad budget plans this week what we really saw was a window into two drastically different visions of the
ABC News (Online)