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Washington ( CNN ) Chief Justice John Roberts is back in the spotlight .\nRoberts -- who shocked conservatives nearly three years ago by providing a pivotal vote to uphold Obamacare -- once again faces a judicial crossroads in a historic case .\nThe U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in a case that cou... | allsides-corpus-100 |
Cam Newton finds himself in a no-win situation on matters of race these days , something he mentioned on Wednesday when asked about the shooting death of Charlotte-area resident Keith Lamont Scott by police .\n“ I ’ m in a position now where if I say something , it ’ s going to be critiqued , ” the Carolina Panthers qu... | allsides-corpus-101 |
It ’ s increasingly obvious that the Democratic Party is moribund and that its members know it . In a desperate attempt to survive , they have declared war on a chimera called “ racism , ” which they insist is endemic to American culture . Left-wing Democrats call centrist members of their own caucus racist for voting ... | allsides-corpus-102 |
When Nelson Mandela died last month , I envied South Africans who had worked alongside him for freedom : Americans haven ’ t gotten to see many of our icons of justice get that old . My immediate thought was of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , assassinated at 39 , though Bobby and John Kennedy , Malcolm X and Medgar Evers ... | allsides-corpus-103 |
The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has bestowed its blessing on cancel culture–the twisted phenomenon whereby universities and public libraries cancel scheduled events just because someone claims to be offended . In Nova Scotia , cancel culture has spread to personalized license plates . Justice Darlene Jamieson ruled on... | allsides-corpus-104 |
The tense situation in Ferguson , Mo. , following the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown is another test for President Obama . He has struggled at times over how to navigate long-simmering tensions between police and the African-American community .\nObama says he understands the passions and the anger th... | allsides-corpus-105 |
NEW YORK ( ███ ) - Thousands of protesters stormed the security perimeter of Barclays Center in New York as protests spread across the United States over the killing of George Floyd , a Minneapolis black man who died after being pinned by the neck under a white police officer ’ s knee .\nAn Atlanta Police car burns as ... | allsides-corpus-106 |
‘ The heart and soul of the Republican Party belongs to Donald Trump , ” writes Lloyd Green . If so , the GOP has an odd way of showing affection . Green cites a lack of Republican criticism of Trump , the president ’ s continued popularity within the party , and Trump ’ s rescue of incumbent Nevada senator Dean Heller... | allsides-corpus-107 |
The reformers say they want to move the GOP beyond its Reagan-era script . 'Reform conservatives ' take on GOP\nWith the Republican Party ’ s establishment and tea party wings busy attacking each other , and no standard-bearer emerging for the White House , a group of intellectuals calling themselves “ reform conservat... | allsides-corpus-108 |
Controversies in Wisconsin and Georgia show how the mass removal of voters from the rolls has become a key part of the fight to win\nThe final weeks of December may have been dominated by news of Donald Trump ’ s impeachment , but another development with potentially serious implications for the 2020 election – and the... | allsides-corpus-109 |
There is a unique uncertainty overshadowing the political landscape these days – an anomaly that few are willing to discuss .\nAs the 2016 presidential election inches closer , social media is oddly quieter than usual when it comes to possible candidates . The millennial generation , ever so eager to share their opinio... | allsides-corpus-110 |
Even As Trump Denounces Vote By Mail , GOP In Florida And Elsewhere Relies On It\nWith an election year pandemic , mail-in ballots may become an increasingly popular way to vote , especially in states like Florida that allow any voter to use them .\nWhile those ballots accounted for nearly 1 in 4 of all ballots cast in... | allsides-corpus-111 |
███ is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power . Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they ’ re published .\nA conservative business group founded by a prolific Republican political donor is pressuring the White House to greenlight an unproven COVID-19 treatment , saying in an online petitio... | allsides-corpus-112 |
Sen. Lindsey Graham , R-S.C. , announced that his initial plan of a pre-trial dismissal of the impeachment case against President Trump is now unlikely to happen , but he is pushing for the trial to begin and end as quickly as possible .\nThe Senate trial is set to begin Tuesday . Graham had previously floated the idea... | allsides-corpus-113 |
Veteran US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with brain cancer and is reviewing treatment options , according to his office .\nThe options may include chemotherapy and radiation , his doctors said . The 80-year-old politician is in `` good spirits '' recovering at home .\nHe thanked those who had wished... | allsides-corpus-114 |
Some suggest that Congress “ remove Trump from office , so that he can not abuse incumbency to subvert the electoral process , but let the American people make the judgment on whether or not he gets a second term… Removing Trump from office for the remainder of his term would disable him from abusing presidential power... | allsides-corpus-115 |
Democratic senators flag eight of president-elect ’ s picks and are pushing for more time for confirmation hearings\nIn a new era of Republican-led governance , there is little Democrats can do to prevent Donald Trump ’ s cabinet nominees from being confirmed . But that won ’ t stop them from trying .\nDemocratic senat... | allsides-corpus-116 |
Outgoing Rep. Martha McSally has been appointed to fill former Sen. John McCain 's seat just over a month after losing the race for the state 's other Senate seat .\nInterested in Republican Party ? Add Republican Party as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Republican Party news , video , and analysis from ██... | allsides-corpus-117 |
I wo n't lie . After reading the CNN piece titled `` Senate Dems , powerless to stop Trump nominees , regret 'nuclear option ' power play , '' I experienced some deeply satisfying schadenfreude . Feel free to keep President Barack Obama , Sen. Harry Reid and those who implored Senate Democrats to blow up the filibuster... | allsides-corpus-118 |
Shortly after police arrived at Botham Jean ’ s apartment that night in 2018 and attempted to revive him , they were joined by the head of the Dallas police union . By then , Guyger had been escorted away from the scene and placed in a police vehicle . As captured on body cam video , Dallas Police Association President... | allsides-corpus-119 |
Raul A. Reyes is an attorney and member of the USA Today board of contributors . Follow him on Twitter @ RaulAReyes . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author .\n( CNN ) As the nation was preparing for the July Fourth weekend , there was grim news from San Francisco . On Wednesday night ... | allsides-corpus-120 |
COLORADO SPRINGS — Police were trying to determine Saturday why a middle-aged gunman in hunting gear allegedly went on a wild shooting spree inside a Planned Parenthood clinic , killing three people , including a police officer .\nThe suspect , identified as Robert Lewis Dear , 57 , of Hartsel , Colo. , surrendered to ... | allsides-corpus-121 |
HOUSTON ( ███ ) - George Floyd , a black man whose death under the knee of a white police officer roused worldwide protests against racial injustice , was memorialized at his funeral on Tuesday as “ an ordinary brother ” transformed by fate into the “ cornerstone of a movement . ”\nDuring a four-hour service broadcast ... | allsides-corpus-122 |
On his 16th birthday on Thursday , a Saugus High School student took out a .45-caliber handgun from his backpack , authorities said , shot five boys and girls on campus , killing two of them , and then shot himself .\nThe shooting prompted a mass response from local and federal authorities as they searched for the teen... | allsides-corpus-123 |
An airline passenger arriving at the Fort Lauderdale airport retrieved a firearm from his checked luggage and opened fire at a baggage claim Friday afternoon , killing five people and injuring eight others .\nThe gunman was taken into custody and is being interrogated by law enforcement , but authorities said Friday it... | allsides-corpus-124 |
Views of Nation ’ s Economy Remain Positive , Sharply Divided by Partisanship\nHow we did this For this report on views of the nation ’ s economy , we surveyed 12,638 U.S. adults in January 2020 . Everyone who took part is a member of ███ ’ s American Trends Panel ( ATP ) , an online survey panel that is recruited thro... | allsides-corpus-125 |
Social Security is running out of money . America gives too much aid to other countries . Nothing is made in the U.S.A. anymore .\nThose are some of the reasons why working class whites feel the economy is headed in the wrong direction . Some 53 % of these folks said they are very dissatisfied with the country 's econo... | allsides-corpus-126 |
We all heard Patricia Arquette calling for wage equality and women ’ s rights last night on the Oscar stage , with her new Supporting Actress award in hand . Meryl Streep and J-Lo just about went nuts cheering on her feminist speech and Planned Parenthood was giddy with glee on Twitter .\nCOSIGN ALL OF THAT , @ PattyAr... | allsides-corpus-127 |
U.S. stock markets rebounded Tuesday after one of their worst drops in history a day earlier , as President Trump Donald John TrumpThe Hill 's Morning Report - Trump shifts his tone on coronavirus Senators balance coronavirus action with risks to health Coronavirus adds new element to rising US-Iran tensions MORE and C... | allsides-corpus-128 |
After a chilly month for job growth in December , hiring warmed up a bit in January . But not by much .\nThe U.S. economy added 113,000 jobs last month , according to the government . That 's an improvement from December , but was far weaker than hoped . Economists had been expecting an addition of 178,000 jobs .\nThey... | allsides-corpus-129 |
The unemployment rate is now a misleading number . Yes , the rate has fallen dramatically from its peak . But much of that decline has been the result of the fall in the labor force participation rate . It has fallen from a peak of over 67 percent in 2000 to 62.8 percent in August . So there is a long-term trend downwa... | allsides-corpus-130 |
President Obama touted a provision in his Affordable Care Act on Thursday that would require health insurance providers to return money to consumers , pushing back on Republican criticism a day after the GOP-led House voted to delay key parts of the law .\nThe president ’ s signature health care overhaul -- commonly re... | allsides-corpus-131 |
A top tech official for the ObamaCare exchanges said just days before the launch of the troubled health law website that people inside the White House were nervous the site would be unavailable after its launch and would be a big embarrassment , ███ has learned .\nA Sept. 25 email chain from HealthCare.gov project mana... | allsides-corpus-132 |
WASHINGTON ( ███ ) - U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday he was willing to bring healthcare legislation up for a vote but was waiting for the go-ahead from President Donald Trump , who sent mixed signals last week about a bipartisan bill that would shore up insurance markets .\nSenate Majority ... | allsides-corpus-133 |
Washington ( CNN ) - President Obama continues to alter his signature promise in selling the Affordable Care Act back in 2009 and 2010 .\n`` If you like your plan , you can keep your plan , '' he said back then .\nBut that simple pledge has had to change as the Affordable Care Act has been implemented and a small perce... | allsides-corpus-134 |
Many people think of the right 's Obamacare hatred as an outgrowth of straightforward partisan and ideological truths . Movement conservatives broadly oppose the idea of taxing wealthy people to subsidize the lower and middle classes . They do n't like regulating the private sector very much either . Add in the politic... | allsides-corpus-135 |
The US has announced a countrywide ban on some e-cigarette flavours amid concerns about vaping among teens .\nThe ban applies to mint and fruit flavours that are offered in cartridge-based e-cigarettes , like the popular pods sold by Juul .\nThe US will continue to allow menthol and tobacco flavours , as well as fruit ... | allsides-corpus-136 |
In the nine square miles that cover the 73111 ZIP Code in northeast Oklahoma City , there isn ’ t a single grocery store . The last one closed over the summer .\nThere are , however , four dollar stores in the area , where 32 % of the 11,000 residents live below the poverty level—roughly three times the national averag... | allsides-corpus-137 |
“ I think we ’ re overreacting , ” says Chris Mejia-Argueta at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . “ I am very certain we ’ re not going to run out of food . ”\nIn the food industry , a rapid adjustment to this unprecedented shift in demand is underway . And while some items are in short supply , the prospect o... | allsides-corpus-138 |
Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue maintains a , well , sunny view of the current farm economy . “ I don ’ t think there could have been a better time to be in agriculture than today , I really mean that , ” he recently mused on his podcast , The Sonnyside of the Street . In the latest episode , “ Do Righ... | allsides-corpus-139 |
The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent the views of ███.com .\nLiberals can ’ t be happy with simply ruining the lives of decent conservatives for cheap political gain . They have to ruin hamburgers , too .\nThe burger is the ultimate Normal food , and horrible liberal elitists are tryi... | allsides-corpus-140 |
Donald Trump is famed for his head-snapping reversals . One day he ’ s taking troops out of the Middle East ; the next he ’ s sending more in . One day he ’ s on the verge of an agreement with China on trade ; the next he ’ s tweeting about holding off until after the election .\nOn one thing , however , Trump and his ... | allsides-corpus-141 |
Approximately 6.1 million individuals dropped off the food stamp rolls since President Donald Trump ’ s first full month in office in February 2017 , according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) .\nThe USDA data showed that 6,074,074 individuals discontinued their participation in the S... | allsides-corpus-142 |
U.S. officials turned away a 17-year-old Palestinian incoming Harvard freshman last week after he was questioned about his friends ’ social media posts , according to the Harvard Crimson .\nThe 17-year-old , a resident of Tyre , Lebanon , was deported about eight hours after arriving at Logan International Airport in B... | allsides-corpus-143 |
Ambassador Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi also criticized the Security Council for not agreeing to Kuwait ’ s request for an independent investigation of the Gaza deaths , adding that his country might instead seek an investigation by the United Nations Human Rights Office . Diplomats said that Kuwait had circulated a stateme... | allsides-corpus-144 |
With classes scheduled to start next week , incoming Harvard freshman Ismail B. Ajjawi , like many of his fellow students , was set to arrive on campus for the first time this week . But the 17-year-old Palestinian ’ s hard-won education at perhaps the world ’ s preeminent university is now in doubt . American immigrat... | allsides-corpus-145 |
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington , Monday , Nov. 18 , 2019 . Pompeo spoke about Iran , Iraq , Israeli settlements in the West Bank , protests in Hong Kong , and Bolivia , among other topics . ( AP Photo/Andrew Harnik )\nSecretary of State Mike Pompeo speak... | allsides-corpus-146 |
The Palestinians on Saturday edged closer to a diplomatic standoff with the Trump administration , saying the U.S. is using “ extortion ” tactics by threatening to close their diplomatic mission in Washington .\nThe response follows the State Department saying Friday that the Palestine Liberation Organization 's office... | allsides-corpus-147 |
Rep. Rashida Tlaib ( D. , Mich. ) recently met with a controversial pro-Palestinian organization that has encouraged violence against Israel , justified the use of terrorism against the Jewish state , and has called for the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers , according to online postings on social media .\nTlaib , who has... | allsides-corpus-148 |
In an essay on political lying in the early 18th century , the writer Jonathan Swift noted that `` Falsehood flies and the truth comes limping after it . '' You have to hire a train to pull the truth , explained English pastor Charles Spurgeon in the 19th century , while a lie is `` light as a feather ... a breath will... | allsides-corpus-149 |
( CNN ) – GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan acknowledged the Republican campaign 's `` missteps '' on Sunday , calling Mitt Romney ’ s now-notorious “ 47 % ” comments “ inarticulate , ” while still defending the crux of his running mate ’ s argument .\nRyan also took the media to task for what he called bias agai... | allsides-corpus-150 |
Tesla CEO Elon Musk aired his frustration with the media on Wednesday , issuing a series of tweets calling out the “ hypocrisy of big media companies ” before floating the idea of starting a website which would allow the public to rate journalists .\n“ The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim... | allsides-corpus-151 |
A once-upon-a-time voice for journalistic respectability — the Columbia Journalism Review — has consigned to the well-known hot place the notion that respectability entails letting voters rather than reporters decide whether a president is Abe Lincoln or a dirty lying rat . The Review rather leans to the latter conclus... | allsides-corpus-152 |
A White House reporter confronted White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders at the top of her Tuesday press briefing , accusing her of `` inflaming '' tensions with the media and undercutting the credibility of reporters .\nSanders had been asked about whether President Trump accepts the apology from CNN regarding... | allsides-corpus-153 |
UPDATE : Eagle Nation Online will not be subject to prior review in the upcoming school year . Prosper High School Principal John Burdett told the new journalism adviser , Lisa Roskens , that he was changing the highly restrictive policy he put in place last year and her students would no longer have to submit their st... | allsides-corpus-154 |
First she refused to testify . Now Lois Lerner , the IRS official at the center of the tax agency scandal , is refusing to resign , according to a top Republican senator .\nSources confirmed to Fox News earlier Thursday that Lerner , the head of the IRS division that oversaw the unit targeting conservative groups , had... | allsides-corpus-155 |
Do You Approve Or Disapprove of President Obama 's Job Performance ? Vote Now in Urgent Poll\nDo You Approve Or Disapprove of President Obama 's Job Performance ? Vote Now in Urgent Poll | allsides-corpus-156 |
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defended the Justice Department ’ s handling of the special counsel ’ s still-secret report , saying Attorney General William Barr is “ being as forthcoming as he can ” about his process for redacting and releasing the roughly 400-page document .\nIn his first interview since the ... | allsides-corpus-157 |
The sudden withdrawal of the entire prosecution team assigned to Stone ’ s case — including two veterans of former special counsel Robert Mueller 's office — following the Justice Department ’ s decision to back away from the government ’ s original sentencing proposal seemed to embolden and energize Trump . A jubilant... | allsides-corpus-158 |
WASHINGTON ( ███ ) - Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker snapped back on Friday at newly emboldened Democrats in Congress who are pushing for information on the special counsel ’ s Russia probe as they try to put President Donald Trump ’ s administration under greater scrutiny .\nIn a combative congressional ... | allsides-corpus-159 |
• US and UK spy agencies piggyback on commercial data • Details can include age , location and sexual orientation • Documents also reveal targeted tools against individual phones\nThe National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have been developing capabilities to take advantage of `` leaky '' smartphone apps ... | allsides-corpus-160 |
NSA 's Bulk Collection Of Americans ' Phone Data Is Illegal , Appeals Court Rules\nThe National Security Agency 's practice of collecting data about Americans ' telephone calls in bulk goes beyond what Congress intended when it wrote Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act , a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday .\nThe ... | allsides-corpus-161 |
I have been writing for years about the dangers to human freedom that come from government mass surveillance . The United States was born in a defiant reaction to government surveillance . In the decade preceding the signing of the Declaration of Independence , the villains were the Stamp Act and the Writs of Assistanc... | allsides-corpus-162 |
Small Violations Of Medical Privacy Can Hurt Patients And Erode Trust\nProPublica 's Charles Ornstein talks about data breaches Listen · 3:29 3:29\n`` PPL WORLD WIDE , '' the Facebook post shouted , using text-speak for the word `` people . '' `` FRANCES ... IS HPV POSITIVE ! ''\nThe public missive from January 2014 ga... | allsides-corpus-163 |
Get breaking news alerts and special reports . The news and stories that matter , delivered weekday mornings .\nAmazon will stop police from using its facial recognition technology for a year while it waits for federal regulation of the surveillance tool , the company said in a blog post Wednesday .\nThe announcement f... | allsides-corpus-164 |
`` We 've reached kind of an inflection point in the privacy debate , '' says Senator Ron Wyden ( D–Ore. ) . With Americans spending more time online than ever before during the COVID-19 pandemic , he worries that government surveillance of the internet matters more now .\nBefore the Senate 's May 14 vote to reauthoriz... | allsides-corpus-165 |
Story highlights Eric Holder says Edward Snowden acted illegally , but that he did a public service\nThe former Attorney General also said there is a `` race-based '' component to Trump 's campaign\nThe Axe Files , featuring David Axelrod , is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Insti... | allsides-corpus-166 |
The Supreme Court ’ s new move toward a definitive ruling on same-sex marriage could cement President Barack Obama ’ s claim to having presided over the most significant advances in gay rights in United States history .\nObama ’ s term has already seen the enactment of a federal law protecting gays and lesbians against... | allsides-corpus-167 |
A matter of `` dignity '' is how Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy cast his majority opinion upholding the right to same-sex marriage . Though Friday 's decision invoked high constitutional principles , the case had its roots in a very human , very personal crisis . Our Cover Story is reported by Martha Teichner :\... | allsides-corpus-168 |
The Robertson family released a statement late Thursday that raises doubts about the future of one of the most popular shows on cable television .\n“ We have had a successful working relationship with A & E but , as a family , we can not imagine the show going forward without our patriarch at the helm , ” the Robertson... | allsides-corpus-169 |
UPDATE : A federal judge has ordered a defiant Kentucky clerk to jail after she refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples .\nU.S. District Judge David Bunning told Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis she would be jailed until she complied with his order to issue the licenses . Davis said `` thank you '' before she was... | allsides-corpus-170 |
The `` Harry Potter '' author has come under fire for tweeting a message of support Thursday for Maya Forstater , a researcher who lost her job at a think tank for stating that people can not change their biological sex .\n`` Dress however you please , '' Rowling wrote . `` Call yourself whatever you like . Sleep with ... | allsides-corpus-171 |
CLOSE Rowan County , Kentucky clerk Kim Davis squares off with David Moore and his partner David Ermold over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite a federal court order to do so . The Courier-Journal\nMOREHEAD , Ky. — Defying the Supreme Court , a county clerk says she was acting under `` G... | allsides-corpus-172 |
Part 2 Of The Martin O'Malley Interview Listen · 5:59 5:59\nMartin O'Malley , former governor of Maryland , says he 'll decide by late May whether he 's running for president . Running would put him — even he seems to acknowledge — in an uphill battle against Hillary Clinton , currently the only Democrat who has declar... | allsides-corpus-173 |
Top House Republicans are demanding are seeking an investigation into new reports that the Census Bureau manipulated surveys that showed a steep drop in the U.S. unemployment rate shortly before the 2012 presidential election , even as the bureau said a key suspect in the matter left the bureau more than two years ago ... | allsides-corpus-174 |
`` We do n't have a level playing field for our workers , '' President Donald Trump told a group of workers in Kenosha , Wisc. , on Tuesday . Truth is , if we were to ever level the playing field with countries like Mexico and China , the average American worker would be making $ 3 an hour and spending their pittance o... | allsides-corpus-175 |
This is a rush transcript . Copy may not be in its final form .\nAMY GOODMAN : For more , we ’ re joined by two guests . Here in New York , Catherine Ruetschlin is a policy analyst at Demos and author of the report , “ Fast Food Failure : How CEO-to-Worker Pay Disparity Undermines the Industry and the Overall Economy. ... | allsides-corpus-176 |
LISTEN TO ARTICLE 6:10 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Share Tweet Post Email\nAfter a yearlong assault on the Federal Reserve and its chairman , President Donald Trump has tapped two wildly different economists to the central bank ’ s board who seemingly have one important thing in common .\nThey ’ re both likely to support the pr... | allsides-corpus-177 |
There won ’ t be renewed efforts to tackle debt drivers until next year at the earliest . | AP Photos D.C. 's attention-to-deficits disorder\nFatigued by a government shutdown and repeated failures to reach a grand bargain , leaders from both parties have moved on .\nPresident Barack Obama isn ’ t expected to spend muc... | allsides-corpus-178 |
President Trump waived shipping restrictions for Puerto Rico on Thursday at the request of the island 's governor and after an outcry from Congress about shortages of fuel , food and emergency supplies in the wake of Hurricane Maria .\nThe decision temporarily lifts the Jones Act 's restrictions prohibiting foreign-fla... | allsides-corpus-179 |
Irma pushes north and is causing problems in Charleston , S.C .\nHigh winds felled trees and severed service lines in Georgia and South Carolina on Monday , knocking out power for more than 900,000 electricity customers in the two states .\nA tropical storm warning was issued for all of Georgia ’ s Atlantic coast and m... | allsides-corpus-180 |
President Trump issued a warning Thursday to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico , saying the U.S. territory 's infrastructure was a mess before the storm and warning that federal officials can not stay on the island `` forever . ''\nThe president made the comments in a series of early-morning tweets .\n“ ’ Puerto Rico survi... | allsides-corpus-181 |
SANTA ROSA , Calif. -- An onslaught of relentless wildfires across a wide swath of Northern California broke out almost simultaneously and then grew exponentially , swallowing up properties from wineries to trailer parks and tearing through both tiny rural towns and urban subdivisions .\nAt least 13 people are dead , a... | allsides-corpus-182 |
Florida Governor Declares State Of Emergency As Hurricane Dorian Gains Force\nHurricane Dorian is `` expected to become a major hurricane on Friday , '' according to the National Hurricane Center .\nMaximum sustained winds at 5 a.m . ET Thursday were 85 mph — a Category 1 hurricane — with higher gusts , according to th... | allsides-corpus-183 |
There is an old expression in Washington that nothing is decided until everything is decided .\nWell , consider the state of the $ 19.1 billion disaster bill .\nIt took a Herculean effort to pry that package loose Thursday in the Senate , triggering an overwhelming , 85-8 vote . President Trump signaled to Senate Appro... | allsides-corpus-184 |
Two years ago , almost no British people had heard of it , but this year Black Friday has become the latest American craze to cross the pond . At shops up and down the country punters fought to get their hands on discounters toasters and TVs .\nAmazon was the first UK-based retailer to discount goods on the day after t... | allsides-corpus-185 |
The government is to add a new clause to the Brexit bill to rule out any extension to the transition period beyond the end of next year .\nThe post-Brexit transition period - due to conclude in December 2020 - can currently be extended by mutual agreement for up to two years .\nBut an amended Withdrawal Agreement Bill ... | allsides-corpus-186 |
The shadow foreign secretary , Emily Thornberry , has said a Labour government would engage in a businesslike way with Donald Trump but would not afford special honours to the US president .\nSpeaking before a mass demonstration in London on Tuesday , which will be addressed by the Labour leader , Jeremy Corbyn , Thorn... | allsides-corpus-187 |
Boris Johnson 's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks was unlawful , the Supreme Court has ruled .\nJudges said it was wrong to stop MPs carrying out duties in the run-up to the Brexit deadline on 31 October .\nThe PM , who has faced calls to resign , said he `` profoundly disagreed '' with the ruling but woul... | allsides-corpus-188 |
The race to become Britain 's next prime minister took a dramatic last-minute turn with former London Mayor Boris Johnson -- considered a front-runner -- ruling himself out of the race after the defection of a key ally on Thursday .\nJohnson , a prominent campaigner for British withdrawal from the European Union , told... | allsides-corpus-189 |
The 52-year-old Kent-born attacker had been convicted of violent offences and may have been a late convert to Islam\nDetectives are piecing together the history of the Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood , a 52-year-old ex-convict who used a string of aliases and reportedly converted to Islam only in later life .\nMaso... | allsides-corpus-190 |
Republicans and Democrats returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday pledging to try to reach common ground — but as each side reinforced its pre-election battle lines , last week ’ s results appear to have shifted little other than the rhetoric .\nMajority Leader Harry Reid , Nevada Democrat , opened the Senate ’ s lame-duck... | allsides-corpus-191 |
-- The estimated cost of compliance to American taxpayers in 2010 , including tax preparation fees , hours worked and other costs , according to the IRS .\nIt ’ s D-Day for President Obama ’ s health law as millions of American tax filers face the deadline for reporting their status under Obama ’ s new entitlement prog... | allsides-corpus-192 |
The tax bill that Republicans are muscling through Congress could result in cuts to entitlement spending if it significantly increases the national debt , budget experts say .\nRepublicans say the tax-cut package will lead to economic growth and greater tax revenues , but there are doubts even within their party about ... | allsides-corpus-193 |
WASHINGTON ( ███ ) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that he would shield President Donald Trump ’ s tax returns from Congress , during remarks that could signal the administration ’ s approach to an expected request from congressional Democrats .\nDuring testimony in the House of Representative... | allsides-corpus-194 |
Republican leaders in Congress have been hesitant to raise tax rates on anyone because the party ’ s brand is largely built around the idea that the economy does best when people have more money to spend . Yet they may have no choice : Senator Susan Collins , Republican of Maine , said this week that she opposed loweri... | allsides-corpus-195 |
( CNN ) – A new plan from President Barack Obama that would alter the corporate tax code while investing in job creation is a deal that any `` serious '' lawmaker could sign onto , the president argued in Tennessee Tuesday .\nWhat Obama called a `` grand bargain '' is being proposed in a bid to break partisan gridlock ... | allsides-corpus-196 |
( CNN ) The rain may have stopped , but South Carolina is grappling with a host of new concerns . Dam breaks . Billions of dollars in damage . And rivers that still have n't crested .\n`` We still have to be cautious , '' Gov . Nikki Haley told reporters on Tuesday afternoon . `` The next 36 to 48 hours are going to be... | allsides-corpus-197 |
Retailers dangled hefty discounts in their stores—after offering earlier deals on their websites—as they waged a high-stakes battle with Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -1.40 % and other rivals to capture as much spending as they could during the Black Friday shopping spree .\nShoppers arrived in the predawn hours Friday , follow... | allsides-corpus-198 |
Billionaire businessman , philanthropist and independent presidential candidate Ross Perot is dead at 89 , ███ has confirmed . Perot , who ran for president in 1992 and 1996 , died after a five-month battle with leukemia , said James Fuller , a representative for the Perot family . `` In business and in life , Ross was... | allsides-corpus-199 |
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