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Fox News announced long-time anchor Shepard Smith will be leaving the network . Smith was most recently the chief news anchor and managing editor of the network β s breaking news unit and anchor of `` Shepard Smith Reporting . ''\nFriday 's episode `` Shepard Smith Reporting '' is his final show . Fox News said there w... | allsides-corpus-200 |
This is a rush transcript . Copy may not be in its final form .\nAMY GOODMAN : In one of his final acts in office , President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners , pardoned 64 individuals on Tuesday . The list included Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning , longtime imprisoned Puerto Rican independence activis... | allsides-corpus-201 |
Steve Stephens , the so-called β Facebook killer β who sparked a multi-state manhunt after he brazenly gunned down a Cleveland man at random , killed himself Tuesday morning in Pennsylvania as cops closed in , authorities said .\nStephens was spotted in a McDonald 's parking lot in Erie County just after 11 a.m. by a m... | allsides-corpus-202 |
His standing with veterans damaged by scandal , President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his administration 's response to Veterans Affairs lapses that delayed health care for thousands of former service members , but conceded more needed to be done to regain their trust .\nHis appearance also had deep political over... | allsides-corpus-203 |
In attacking Donald Trump , President Obama has managed to anger one of the nation β s largest and oldest veterans β groups .\nThe Veterans of Foreign Wars took offense at Mr. Obama β s assertion that its members are confused by right-wing media pundits .\nβ I don β t know how many VFW posts the president has ever visi... | allsides-corpus-204 |
Story highlights Obama 's plan was for a `` smarter and better '' government with demonstrable benefits\nGloria Borger says President is instead staring down rabbit hole of government incompetence\nShe says the VA scandal , after the health care website woes , highlights the problem\nBorger : Obama can be effective in ... | allsides-corpus-205 |
One of Donald Trump β s major themes on the 2016 campaign trail was the need to improve the health care offerings afforded to America β s veterans . We β re going to β take care of our veterans like they have never been taken care of before β was a fairly typical stump speech line , though he sometimes shortened it to ... | allsides-corpus-206 |
The VA 's Broken Promise To Thousands Of Vets Exposed To Mustard Gas\nIn secret chemical weapons experiments conducted during World War II , the U.S. military exposed thousands of American troops to mustard gas .\nWhen those experiments were formally declassified in the 1990s , the Department of Veterans Affairs made t... | allsides-corpus-207 |
Patient Michael Swan rests his hand on his walker as he inhales a drag while taking a cigarette break in the smoking shack outside the West Roxbury campus of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Boston , Monday , Sept. 30 , 2019 . The VA is set to ban smoking at all its grounds nationwide starting Oct. 1 , a welcome ... | allsides-corpus-208 |
Rescuers in Thailand on Monday freed four more members of the boys soccer team stranded in a flooded cave complex , as part of the second phase of a desperate rescue operation that aims to save four more kids and the team 's coach before heavy rains imperil the effort .\nFour ambulances with flashing lights were spotte... | allsides-corpus-209 |
Activists in Hong Kong , angered by what they perceive as little progress in talks on democratic reforms with the government , marched to the home of the territory 's chief executive to demand his ouster .\nReuters says : `` Others continued to occupy main streets in the Chinese-controlled city , where they have camped... | allsides-corpus-210 |
Click to expand Image Indians protesting against the new citizenship law and verification policies at Shaheen Bagh , a Muslim-majority neighborhood in Delhi that became the iconic image of these protests , January 31 , 2020 . ( Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh / SOPA Images/Sipa USA ) Β© Sipa via AP Images\n( New York ) β ... | allsides-corpus-211 |
Nepali Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli has said that Hindu deity Ram was born in the Himalayan nation and not India , as he accused New Delhi of `` encroaching on cultural facts '' amid frayed diplomatic relations between the two South Asian neighbours .\n`` We have been oppressed a bit culturally . Facts have ... | allsides-corpus-212 |
Thursday was a traditional Chinese holiday that follows a lunar calendar , and it coincidentally came right after the National Day holiday this year . As a result , many people had expected the rallies to remain just as large on Thursday as on Wednesday .\nDemonstrators were making a bigger effort by midmorning Thursda... | allsides-corpus-213 |
India has seen a sudden increase in attacks on Christians as more people are circulating since the COVID-19 lockdown was lifted .\nAccording to International Christian Concern ( ICC ) , eight separate attacks have taken place in two weeks involving radical Hindu nationalist groups that are physically assaulting Christi... | allsides-corpus-214 |
WASHINGTON β The new head of the Environmental Protection Agency suggested to a gathering of conservative Republicans on Saturday that the agency could begin as early as next week the process of rolling back some of the federal regulations put in place by the Obama administration .\n`` The future ain β t what it used t... | allsides-corpus-215 |
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE ( βββ ) - U.S. President Donald Trump is pleased with Scott Pruitt β s performance as head of the Environmental Protection Agency but allegations of ethical missteps β have raised some concerns , β a White House spokesman said on Thursday .\nThe White House is hopeful Pruitt will be able to answer ... | allsides-corpus-216 |
The carbon emissions rule would be one of Obama β s largest legacy achievements . How Obama 's team sold the EPA rule\nOnce again facing a big decision , President Barack Obama chose a familiar path : a walk around the South Lawn of the White House with chief of staff Denis McDonough .\nPodesta β s a runner , and he co... | allsides-corpus-217 |
Agencies use loopholes to avoid transparency , the author writes . | John Shinkle/βββ How the EPA skirts transparency\nIt appeared to be the dawn of a new day when , in January 2009 , President Barack Obama proclaimed that his administration would be β committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in governm... | allsides-corpus-218 |
Over the past few days , the Environmental Protection Agency has been slapped with new media guidelines , expected to be hit with $ 800 million in budget cuts , and will have its current data on the agency β s website subject to political review . President Trump is reining in the agency , which was accused of overreac... | allsides-corpus-219 |
House Republicans approved deep spending cuts for the Environmental Protection Agency along with provisions to block the agency β s upcoming rule-making on Wednesday .\nThe House Interior and Environment appropriations bill would cut EPA funding by 9 percent next year and block several new rules the agency aims to put ... | allsides-corpus-220 |
Some suggest that Congress β 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 termβ¦ Removing Trump from office for the remainder of his term would disable him from abusing presidential power... | allsides-corpus-221 |
On Tuesday , Maine Gov . Paul LePage ( R ) released data on purchases made with state welfare benefits that he claimed exposed abuse , but they only add up to less than a percent of all benefit transactions .\nThe data show that there were more than 3,000 transactions at bars , sports bars , and strip clubs made with E... | allsides-corpus-222 |
The federal government is about to put $ 100 million behind a simple idea : doubling the value of SNAP benefits β what used to be called food stamps β when people use them to buy local fruits and vegetables .\nThis idea did not start on Capitol Hill . It began as a local innovation at a few farmers ' markets . But it p... | allsides-corpus-223 |
There may be a glimmer of hope for the Millennial Generationβmy generationβ when it comes to attitudes about government and the welfare state . In 2008 , young Americans got drunk on Barack Obama . I mean , insanely drunk over Mr. Hope and Change , who bamboozled them not once , but twice . So , it should come as no su... | allsides-corpus-224 |
UPDATE : United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli outlined the details of the new rule from the White House briefing room Monday morning , citing his own immigrant family from Italy .\nThe new rule does not affect asylum seekers , refugees , pregnant women , mortgage loans or st... | allsides-corpus-225 |
USDA rule would cut food stamp benefits for 3.1 million About 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the Trump administration 's proposal to tighten automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp program .\nAbout 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the Trump administration 's... | allsides-corpus-226 |
A disturbed man with an AR-15-style rifle walked through a popular historic site in 1996 , shooting up the cafe and gift shop . He left 35 people dead and 19 seriously injured .\nThe country β s conservative leader pushed through immediate , sweeping changes to gun laws . Chief among them was a ban and mandatory buybac... | allsides-corpus-227 |
Today , conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh was interviewed by Fox News ' Chris Wallace regarding the horrific massacre that occurred last week at the hands of gunman Nikolas Cruz . That shooting which occurred at a High School in Parkland , FL left 17 dead and many more injured . In the wake of the tragedy , thousan... | allsides-corpus-228 |
The idea that gun-control advocates do n't want to confiscate your weapons is , of course , laughable . They ca n't confiscate your weapons , so they support whatever feasible incremental steps inch further toward that goal . Some folks are more considerate and get right to the point .\n`` I have never understood the c... | allsides-corpus-229 |
Story highlights President Obama says gun law foes `` willfully lied ''\nMajor components of Obama 's gun proposals fail to win Senate approval\nSupporters of new gun laws blame the defeats on NRA influence in Congress\nIn a major defeat for supporters of tougher gun laws , the U.S. Senate on Wednesday defeated a compr... | allsides-corpus-230 |
As the post-Sandy Hook gun-control debate continues , states such as Georgia , South Dakota , Colorado , and New York have emerged as bellwethers on how the nation is beginning to stand up to gun violence .\nA day after the Georgia legislature ended bans on guns in bars , churches , and college classrooms , South Dakot... | allsides-corpus-231 |
Young survivors of Wednesday 's school shooting in Florida have announced a national march on Washington to demand political action on gun control .\nStudent organisers told US media that they were determined to make Wednesday 's shooting a turning point in the national gun debate .\nThe attack , which left 17 students... | allsides-corpus-232 |
( CNN ) β New Jersey Gov . Chris Christie painted a bleak picture of America 's standing in the world on Sunday , blaming the Obama administration for making the country appear weak by not defending the nation 's values in other parts of the globe .\n`` No one understands any longer who America stands with or against ,... | allsides-corpus-233 |
President Trump unveiled his plan for Afghanistan after seven months of deliberation Monday evening , announcing tweaks around the edges of the current strategy instead of a different approach .\nHe announced five β core pillars β to the approach : getting rid of any timelines for how long U.S. troops would remain in A... | allsides-corpus-234 |
In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria , in Akcakale , Sanliurfa province , southeastern Turkey , smoke billows from a fire inside Syria during bombardment by Turkish forces Wednesday , Oct. 9 , 2019 . Turkey launched a military operation Wednesday against Kurdish fighters in n... | allsides-corpus-235 |
The administration Kabuki dance we β re witnessing featuring U.S. refusal to provide nonlethal support equipment for Ukraine is President Obama displaying the new β flexibility β he promised Vladimir Putin he would have after his re-election . In short , it is capitulation .\nThe administration is trying to make the ca... | allsides-corpus-236 |
The Obama administration has yet to articulate a clear course of action to dismantle ISIL . Obama 's blurry foreign policy vision\nThe extremist Islamic group that beheaded journalist James Foley has been described as β wicked β and an β imminent threat , β and President Barack Obama has vowed to be β relentless β in p... | allsides-corpus-237 |
LONDON β Britain 's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned Iran of `` serious consequences '' if it does not release a British-flagged oil tanker it seized in the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway on Friday , although he ruled out `` military options . ''\nHunt announced later in a tweet that he had spoken with Iranian... | allsides-corpus-238 |
The sheer size and frequency of the recent credit card data breaches at Target , Neiman Marcus and other companies are prompting lawmakers to consider legislative options to keep sophisticated cyberthefts from happening .\n`` If anything , we 've learned from this major , major breach that we can no longer do nothing ,... | allsides-corpus-239 |
Chrissy Houlahan has done a lot with her industrial engineering degree over the last 30 years including serving in the Air Force , working in the aircraft manufacturing industry , being the COO of a sports apparel company and even teaching high school chemistry .\nHoulahan says her science , technology , engineering an... | allsides-corpus-240 |
Three GOP congressmen introduced a resolution Friday calling for special counsel Robert Mueller to resign from the Russia collusion probe , citing his ties to the FBI and its role in controversies involving Russia .\nRep. Matt Gaetz , R-Fla. , a member of the House Judiciary Committee , along with co-sponsors , Rep. An... | allsides-corpus-241 |
They have spent their lives in research facilities , been injected with miserable diseases , and used by National Institutes of Health scientists to research new medicines , but now , after being designated by the NIH as `` permanently ineligible for biomedical research , '' 60 chimpanzees , slated for retirement , are... | allsides-corpus-242 |
( CNN ) In the struggle between Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the Democratic-controlled House , the immovable object may finally have met an irresistible force .\nMcConnell has been the immovable object : He 's frustrated House Democrats by systematically blocking Senate votes so far on the leng... | allsides-corpus-243 |
The chairman of a House committee that recommended a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in its Fast and Furious investigation said on Tuesday President Obama β s assertion of executive privilege in the matter means the White House is covering up its involvement in the botched operation or is ... | allsides-corpus-244 |
Nearly a half century ago , young Donald Trumpβa Wharton graduate , and an avid player of squash , football , and tennisβscored a 1-Y medical deferment . Hundreds of thousands of young men were being deployed to Vietnam . Trump had some bone spurs . He then limped happily into his father β s real-estate business withou... | allsides-corpus-245 |
A Pentagon official signaled Wednesday that the U.S. is pressing the Turkish government to intervene in support of Kurdish forces desperately battling to keep the Syrian border town of Kobani from falling into Islamic State hands .\nPentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told Fox News that U.S. officials are talking w... | allsides-corpus-246 |
As America β s only prisoner of war in Afghanistan was transferred back to U.S. custody , Republicans challenged the Obama administration β s insistence it did not negotiate with terrorists in securing the soldier β s release and say the move was illegal and could embolden terrorists around the globe .\nAs his parents ... | allsides-corpus-247 |
US President Donald Trump says transgender people can not serve in `` any capacity '' in the military .\nHe tweeted that he had consulted with military experts and cited `` tremendous medical costs and disruption '' .\nThe Obama administration decided last year to allow transgender people to serve openly in the militar... | allsides-corpus-248 |
WASHINGTON β The U.S. military launched airstrikes to protect a dam in western Iraq , the Pentagon announced Sunday , in another expansion of the air campaign against the Islamic State , the militant group that has seized territory throughout Iraq and Syria .\nU.S. aircraft launched airstrikes against Islamic State tar... | allsides-corpus-249 |
Story highlights Ex-Navy SEAL Robert O'Neill says he fired shots that killed Osama bin Laden\nO'Neill says he 's concerned he 'll face prosecution for publicly telling his story\nHe says value of sharing details with families of 9/11 attack victims makes risk worthwhile\nThe Navy SEAL who says he shot and killed Osama ... | allsides-corpus-250 |
CHARLOTTESVILLE , Va./WASHINGTON ( βββ ) - U.S. President Donald Trump denounced neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan as criminals and thugs on Monday , bowing to mounting political pressure to condemn such groups explicitly after a white-nationalist rally turned deadly in Virginia .\nTrump had been assailed from across the ... | allsides-corpus-251 |
As protests against racism and police violence swept across the country , drawing massive crowds into the streets amid a pandemic , public health officials worried about what the overall impact would be .\nCOVID-19 IN COLORADO The latest from the coronavirus outbreak in Colorado : MAP : Known cases in Colorado .\nKnown... | allsides-corpus-252 |
Here β s something everyone knows : Social media is driving American politics into a ditch of partisanship . Political junkies log on and cocoon themselves in a bubble of friendly punditry , appealing fake news , and outrageous acts from the other side . Every retweet and every like is another moment of identity confir... | allsides-corpus-253 |
Unfortunately , there is no Uncle Sam-sponsored miracle cure that can solve a problem at the root of our nation β s government .\nPolitical polarization is harming the effectiveness of the federal government and our ability to solve problems .\nYou could spin a wheel and pick almost any topic under the sun β immigratio... | allsides-corpus-254 |
Diligent opposition has a place in our republic ; hysteria does not .\nDemocrats have been in power for so long that they β ve forgotten how to oppose . Their party has been on a roll since 2005 , when the botched Social Security reform , the slow bleed of the Iraq war , and Hurricane Katrina sent the Bush administrati... | allsides-corpus-255 |
A top Clinton ally β s political organization gave nearly a half-million dollars to the campaign of the wife of an FBI official who would go on to help oversee the probe into Hillary Clinton β s email practices β a tangled web that is fueling fresh Republican complaints about the investigation .\nβ We β ve never had a ... | allsides-corpus-256 |
Whether you 're a homeowner who bought an energy-saving refrigerator last year or a company hoping to build a wind farm , the tax package Congress just approved may give you a reason to cheer .\n`` It 's got something in there , a Christmas gift if you will , for almost everyone β American homeowners , workers who comm... | allsides-corpus-257 |
Climate change , by nature , is a global problem . Each ton of carbon dioxide affects the climate , whether emitted in Stockholm or Shanghai . At the heart of the Paris Agreement in 2015 is a bargain among nations to nudge one another toward ambitious commitments to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in an effort to stabi... | allsides-corpus-258 |
President Trump β s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement caused anger and anxiety across the world , with one major exception : China .\nWith the US stepping away from its role as a leader of the global fight against climate change , Beijing is already moving to fill the void , giving it a chance to be... | allsides-corpus-259 |
All too many bad ideas get endlessly recycled β the carbon tax is one of them . A carbon tax could be a tax on coal , oil and gas carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants and other sources . Do you know how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere ? It is a little less than 400 parts per million . Do you know what th... | allsides-corpus-260 |
While touring areas of California ravaged by a historic drought , President Obama on Friday sounded an ominous warning and said that even if the federal government takes meaningful action to combat climate change , much of the damage already has been done .\nβ Unless and until we do more to combat carbon pollution that... | allsides-corpus-261 |
Unsustainable use of resources is wrecking the planet but recycling is falling , report finds\nThe amount of material consumed by humanity has passed 100bn tonnes every year , a report has revealed , but the proportion being recycled is falling .\nThe climate and wildlife emergencies are driven by the unsustainable ext... | allsides-corpus-262 |
Employers hired more workers in March even as the number of job openings fell slightly , the Labor Department said Tuesday .\nThe Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey points to a stronger labor market two months ago than another government report suggested Friday .\nLabor said last week that employers added a net 85,... | allsides-corpus-263 |
President Obama β s relationship with blue-collar unions has hit an all-time low , with several powerful labor groups ripping into the administration β and the Democratic Party as a whole β for its rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and its promotion of the highly controversial trade deal known as the Trans-Paci... | allsides-corpus-264 |
The recent economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is unmatched by anything in recent memory . Social distancing has resulted in massive layoffs and furloughs in retail , hospitality , and entertainment , and millions of the affected workersβrestaurant servers , cooks , housekeepers , retail clerks , and many... | allsides-corpus-265 |
Series : Desperation Town How Youngstown Gave Itself Away for the Promise of Jobs\nβββ is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power . Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they β re published . This article was produced in partnership with The Business Journal , based in Youngstown , Ohio , whi... | allsides-corpus-266 |
New York governor Andrew Cuomo is attempting to prop up public-sector unions in anticipation of a Supreme Court ruling that could end coercive payments .\nA group of Illinois government workers are asking the Supreme Court to overturn four decades of precedent that allow agencies to require union dues or fee payments a... | allsides-corpus-267 |
Like more than half of Americans , I live in the suburbs . Luckily , I don β t have to commute to the city every dayβor even wear pantsβbecause I β m a writer . But if I had a real job , it would take me well over an hour to get from my door to βββ β s offices . As it is , going into New York City for a meeting starts ... | allsides-corpus-268 |
John O. Brennan , President Obama β s pick to lead the CIA , defended the administration β s drone execution program before Congress on Thursday , saying that in war the commander in chief has the right to order a targeted killing β but agreeing that Congress should be more involved in knowing what is happening .\nMr. ... | allsides-corpus-269 |
In his first major policy speech Wednesday , Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel signaled he will be taking a hard look at the way the Pentagon spends its money and at whether the US military needs quite so many officers .\nHe also said that while the US military β remains an essential tool of American power , β it is also β... | allsides-corpus-270 |
Obama said he 's not like Cheney during a closed-door Senate Democratic conference . | AP Photos Obama on drones : I 'm not Cheney\nPresident Barack Obama β s defense to Democratic senators complaining about how little his administration has told Congress about the legal justifications for his drone policy : Dick Chene... | allsides-corpus-271 |
In the end , President Obama was forced to listen to his generals β not his political instincts β on Afghanistan troop levels , and he decided to split the difference .\nMr. Obama is keeping 5,500 troops in Afghanistan beyond his presidency , about half the strength recommended by his top general in-country . It marks ... | allsides-corpus-272 |
Iran , Israel , Defense Cuts To Be Key Topics At Hagel Hearing\nWhat 's shaping up to be one of the more contentious nomination hearings for one of President Obama 's cabinet choices is set to open at 9:30 a.m . ET when members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services get their chance to publicly grill former Sen. Chu... | allsides-corpus-273 |
Hagel β s nomination now proceeds to the Senate floor . | John Shinkle/βββ Hagel nomination clears Senate committee\nSplitting along party lines , the Senate Armed Services Committee voted 14-11 on Tuesday to advance Chuck Hagel β s nomination after a tense two-hour meeting that closed the latest chapter in a weeks-lon... | allsides-corpus-274 |
A federal appeals court Thursday ruled in favor of faith-based nonprofits who fought Obamacare β s birth control rules , dealing an elusive victory to religious employers who now have a stronger hand in urging the Supreme Court to shield them from the administration β s β contraception mandate . β\nIn a pair of opinion... | allsides-corpus-275 |
Despite barely beating a midnight deadline , hundreds of jeering protesters helped stop Texas lawmakers from passing one of the toughest abortion measures in the country .\nAs the protesters raised the noise to deafening levels in the Texas Senate chamber late Tuesday , Republicans scrambled to gather their colleagues ... | allsides-corpus-276 |
It β s not that Democrats support infanticide : They just aren β t against it . What other conclusion can one reach when 44 out of 47 Senate Democrats blocked the Senate from voting on a bill requiring that any baby who survives an abortion β in other words , a baby who was born β must be brought to a hospital for care... | allsides-corpus-277 |
FILE - In this Jan. 19 , 2018 file photo , President Donald Trump speaks to participants of the annual March for Life event , in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington . The Trump administration will resurrect a Reagan-era rule that would ban federally-funded family planning clinics from discussing abortion w... | allsides-corpus-278 |
VATICAN CITY β Just when you think Pope Francis has nothing left up the sleeve of his cassock , he does it again . This time , the popular pontiff has announced that during the Holy Jubilee year beginning this December 8 , priests will have the discretion to forgive penitent Catholic women for having abortionsβone of t... | allsides-corpus-279 |
( CNN ) Donald Trump 's election , and a presumption that he 'll appoint conservative Supreme Court justices , spurred Ohio Republicans to pass what would effectively be the nation 's strictest time-based abortion law , a legislator said .\nOhio lawmakers on Tuesday passed a `` Heartbeat Bill '' that would ban abortion... | allsides-corpus-280 |
When the economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton first published their research on β deaths of despair β five years ago , they focused on middle-aged whites . So many white working-class Americans in their 40s and 50s were dying of suicide , alcoholism and drug abuse that the overall mortality rate for the age group was ... | allsides-corpus-281 |
More than a third of opioid-related deaths in the United States link back to long-acting drugs like OxyContin that are approved for prescription by the US Food and Drug Administration . But lax oversight at the agency is hampering efforts to ensure doctors don β t overprescribe these medications , according to a new st... | allsides-corpus-282 |
In 2019 , The Legal Fight Over Opioids Unraveled Into Confusion And Infighting\nLegal experts expected this to be the year we answered big questions about the liability that drug companies face for the deadly opioid epidemic and for their role in marketing high-risk prescription pain medications .\nInstead , the legal ... | allsides-corpus-283 |
β You might say one of the essential functions the courts can play is where one party can hold another to account , β says Adam Zimmerman , an associate professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles . β To not have some kind of adjudication about what happened and who did what and who β s responsible , it feels like so... | allsides-corpus-284 |
The Sackler family , which owns Purdue Pharma , used Swiss and other hidden bank accounts to transfer around $ 1 billion from the company to themselves , the New York attorney general β s office claimed Friday .\nThe family stands to lose billions after a litany of lawsuits claiming that their company marketed the pain... | allsides-corpus-285 |
For the first time in more than a half century , life expectancy declined for two consecutive years in the United States .\nThe CDC reports that β accidental injuries β rising to third on the list of killer categories helped account for the shortening of American lives . Neither a spike in banana-peel misadventures nor... | allsides-corpus-286 |
A US lawmaker investigating alleged Russian election meddling says an ex-Trump aide should testify on wild claims he has made about the president .\nMr Nunberg said Mr Trump was aware of a 2016 meeting between his aides and a Russian lawyer , and may have `` done something '' during the campaign .\nDemocrat Adam Schiff... | allsides-corpus-287 |
The Obama administration β despite repeatedly assuring Congress that Iran would remain barred from the U.S. financial system β secretly mobilized to give Tehran access to American banks to convert the windfall of cash it received from sanctions relief under the 2015 nuclear deal into dollars , an investigative report b... | allsides-corpus-288 |
Washington ( CNN ) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that the US is suspending the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty , a key pact with Russia that has been a centerpiece of European security since the Cold War .\n`` For years , Russia has violated the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces ... | allsides-corpus-289 |
Attorney General Bill Barr testified Wednesday that he believes `` spying did occur '' on the Trump campaign in 2016 , as he vowed to review the conduct of the FBI 's original Russia probe -- and the focus of a related internal review shifted to the role of a key FBI informant .\n`` I think spying did occur . The quest... | allsides-corpus-290 |
The White House has assailed President Donald Trump 's critics after he was cleared of Russian election collusion .\nPress Secretary Sarah Sanders told cable morning shows that Mr Trump is happy for the full report by special counsel Robert Mueller to be released .\nShe said the summary of the findings issued by the at... | allsides-corpus-291 |
Michael Zeldin , a CNN legal analyst , served as deputy independent counsel , and later as independent counsel , in the investigation into allegations that the administration of George H. W. Bush violated the privacy rights of candidate Bill Clinton in the 1992 presidential campaign . He also served as a special counse... | allsides-corpus-292 |
Share All sharing options for : Intellectual humility : the importance of knowing you might be wrong\nJulia Rohrer wants to create a radical new culture for social scientists . A personality psychologist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development , Rohrer is trying to get her peers to publicly , willingly admit ... | allsides-corpus-293 |
Ready for Thanksgiving ? Before you eat that turkey , I hope you think about why America has turkeys for you to eat . Most people do n't know .\nEveryone 's heard about that first Thanksgiving feast -- Pilgrims and Indians sharing the harvest . We like the drawings of it we saw in schoolbooks -- shared bounty .\nFewer ... | allsides-corpus-294 |
Washington ( CNN ) House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi projected a message of unity Thursday evening at the outset of the congressional baseball game .\nThe joint interview , a first for the two , with CNN 's Jake Tapper on `` Erin Burnett OutFront , '' came a day after House Majority Whip St... | allsides-corpus-295 |
Are people who disagree with us necessarily evil ? Of course not . While advocating , defending , or fighting for our own principles and positions , harboring feelings of animosity toward our opponents is a poison that can rob us of our happiness and health .\nWhen I was in law school at Michigan nearly half a century ... | allsides-corpus-296 |
Latinos in Iowa , overlooked as a political force for years in the state that kicks off the U.S. presidential race , have been getting unprecedented attention in a too-close-to-call Democratic White House nominating fight .\nThe predominantly white state has seen the Hispanic share of its population more than double to... | allsides-corpus-297 |
β Biden is calming at a time when people are hearing nothing but nasty noise , and that juxtaposition is to his advantage , β says Jeff Link , an Iowa-based Democratic consultant .\nFor Mr. Biden , the volatile landscape is presenting an increasingly challenging balancing act . He is under renewed pressure to shore up ... | allsides-corpus-298 |
Jordan Peterson , the controversial academic , has launched a new anti-censorship website that will only take down offensive content if specifically ordered to by a US court .\nThe psychology professor from Toronto said that Carl Benjamin , the failed Ukip MEP candidate who speculated about raping the Labour MP Jess Ph... | allsides-corpus-299 |
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